Light from a distant

star in a galaxy not

yet known graces skies

unnamed. Just because we can’t

see it doesn’t mean it’s not there.

                                                                         JDG

Butterflies and bees

join hummingbirds at nature’s

green table. They play

musical chairs as they down

beauty’s bountiful brew.

                                                                   JDG

Late afternoon nap

on a rainy, summer day?

Perfect weekend bliss.

Someone else fixing supper?

Dreams are surely made of this.

                                                                          JDG

A week’s worth of rain

lies on the horizon. Let’s

seek out the sun in

ourselves and each other as

we learn to embrace the rain.

                                                                 JDG

Spirit and matter –

let’s try to honor them both

in ourselves and in

others, in all that surrounds

us in this world we call home.

                                                                    JDG

Saturday at last

and a sunny one at that –

After last night’s rain

it’s cooler too.  No matter

how hard I try, I can’t be blue.

                                                          JDG

If we succeed in

eliminating all with

whom we disagree,

does that mean we’ll have gotten

rid of our higher selves too?

                                                                JDG

Yearning to have grace

under pressure, I begin

by breathing out and

breathing in ’til I find the

 still point of my inner world.

                                                          JDG

An unaccustomed 

quiet descends as grandkids

journey – some far, some

close to home and some only

in the regions of their minds.

                                                                  JDG