Where Might My Path Lead Me?
Strong Curves Once in a while I can stop to see where I am headed and what might lie ahead. But that is only once in a while. Most days, weeks and even months, I feel tethered to a speeding train that...
View ArticlePay No Heed to the Warning Sign
Roadside Shine “I’ll be damned if I’m going to limit my life, dampen my shine, and cast aside my time in the sun and the cooling breeze, just because there is a warning sign up ahead. I am not a worry...
View ArticleTiny Beauties
You Found Me! I’ve been parched. I’ve been dry. My throat was raw and my eyes were red and puffy. Things I’d been able to see were blurred, or dull, without texture or importance. I have been moving as...
View ArticleMy Shadow and I
I Grew! Those who overlooked me had no faith. But I had enough faith in me and some more to grow on. I had enough for a field of weeds, or a street full of cracks willing to host life. I had enough...
View ArticleAll The Space I Need
Breath The desert has all the space I need. I can see with an opened heart, I can breathe deep new breaths and I can be free and alone. There are no weeds here, except for perhaps me and my traveling...
View ArticleStand Up!
Make it Count Stand up and be counted. Stand for something. Take a stand. Be strong. Be aware. Words we hear often, but often as not we tend to discount their importance. I might be only one out of a...
View ArticleAfter the Brush Clearing
Weed And Machine After the brush clearing, weeds remain. They may lie down, they may be flattened, they may be diminished. They may be hurting. But one day, in the natural cycle of life that cannot be...
View ArticleThe Fork In The Road
It seems that we return often to forks in the thread of life, or perhaps we are encountering new ones all the time. This tumbleweed reminds me that our journey is not as straightforward as we’d like,...
View ArticleForward March!
Today is the day to make progress, to move towards the future. It is the day to seek out truth, knowledge, honesty and forthrightness. It is the day to see clearly – of what lies ahead, and what has...
View ArticleWhere and Why Are We?
Hanging Around What does it mean, this dangling in open space? Is this freedom? Am I waiting for something? If something good is just around the corner, then why do I feel uneasy? There are certain...
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