Snow-bound in Virginia,
I warm up, not by
shoveling my way out,
but by exercising and staying in.
JDG
January Promise
Clouded sun, peeking
through frosted branches – promise
of cold, shining light.
JDG
Day 133 – Restart
When I miss a day
as I did just yesterday,
I begin anew today
and continue on from here.
JDG
At Seventy Five – The Saga Continues
My mind’s become so open as soon as
something enters,
it hurries
out the
door.
JDG
Harbingers Of Light
By day a sun-lit
sky – by night a supermoon.
The new year begins.
JDG
Day 132 – Renewal
Nothing new here except
the year and the me who is
becoming more fit day by day.
JDG
A Turn Beyond
I’m avoiding the void in me. I keep
tossing in stuff –
food, thoughts, text.
I can’t
just
let
myself
be without
form and void. I’ll
turn to Spirit, let it enter and rest.
JDG
Year of Depth
LuAnne Holder’s post inspired me. I’m going to try to make this a “year of deepening”. I’ll begin by reading and rereading books I already have and not purchasing new ones. This will be my biggest challenge.
With a closet full of clothes
unworn in years
or even never
I challenged myself this past twelve months
to buy no new clothes
Invited to a gala
to celebrate a new year
I searched my wardrobe
for something festive
black of course
but with sparkles
There it was crumpled
in the back of the closet
an old black velvet dress
inherited from my mother
and a gauzy black cape
speckled with glittering threads
bought years ago when my girls were teens
I’ll be dressed tonight in the depth
of a year of seeing the old, the wrinkled,
the forgotten, the out-of-style
with new eyes for new potential
to start fresh with what’s
already here now
I challenged myself in 2017 to only buy the necessary, like socks or a replacement water heater. It was an interesting experiment. I didn’t spend time looking at ads or stressed about deciding which…
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Day 131 – The Rhyme’s The Reason
End of this year and
I’m on day one thirty one.
By the end of year
next, my goal is to be on
day three hundred forty three.
JDG
Rules Of The Road
On the road ahead,
a small flash of red. Doesn’t
that wee cardinal know
though roads are meant for moving fast,
they’re not meant for dine and dash?
JDG
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