To sum it all up
in just a few barks, I’ve made
significant improvement.
JDG
To sum it all up
in just a few barks, I’ve made
significant improvement.
JDG
“Rain, rain, go away,”
I sang and it did, but what
came was snow, not sun.
I guess I should have been more
specific with my lyrics.
JDG
A surge of yellow
pansies sweeps away the grey
from this rainy day.
JDG
So…Knox turns out to be
40 to 60 percent American Staffordshire Terrier,
26 to 39 percent Neapolitan Mastiff,
and 10-25 percent Bernese Mountain Dog.
I really have an eye for greatness.
JDG
Tiny bursts of green,
splashes of yellow and pink –
suggestions of Spring.
JDG
After only twenty-five minutes
of exercise and stretching,
body and mind
are relaxed and at peace.
Who would have thought
it could be that simple?
JDG
A cup is meant to be both filled and emptied.
I begin each day with an empty cup.
I fill it with coffee, freshly brewed,
add a dash of cinnamon and some cream,
then take it to my favorite chair.
As I slowly sip, I savor the heat,
the taste, the satisfying smell.
This time of slow absorption
reminds me, like the cup,
I am a vessel meant to be filled,
meant to be emptied.
JDG
That small branch,
part of a much larger tree,
catches the light of the afternoon sun,
bends with the weight of a passing squirrel,
shifts ever so slightly, touched by a breeze –
a momentary receiver of whatever comes,
a momentary lender of itself.
JDG
Right before the day closed,
the sun emerged
to let us know
although it couldn’t stay,
it would be back.
JDG
Small brown birds gather at the brush pile
in my unmanicured back yard.
Here in this disordered space
they find food, community,
and refuge from soaring hawks
and more persnickity larger birds.
Here in this disordered space
they’re free to nest and sing.
JDG