President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris - thank you!
-Diane
CUSP OF THE HORIZON
Despite the darkness, the possibility of light is always on the cusp of the horizon.
-Diane
A MIRACLE
My thoughts while visiting a favorite pond during the early days of Covid-19…
There is complete silence with the exception of an occasional caw of the crow and a squawk from a scrub jay. No overhead planes, no motors, no man made noise - the absence of it all is absolutely exquisite.
What must the animals imagine as their natural habitats return? Do they now wonder if their ever-so-quiet new worlds will remain?
I wonder and I worry. I’d like to tell the soil, the plants, the trees, the sky and all the earth’s creatures that we have finally come to our senses. That we too have returned to a more gentle, natural existence. But I know this is not so. As soon as we can, we will all return to a frantic pace, distancing ourselves not from each other but from the silence that longs for our daily presence.
I will return to this pond soon and perhaps find myself solitary and in silence again. I hope so. But for now in this mystical moment, I stop and cherish the beauty before me and say “thank you” for this brief time when the entire world literally stopped moving. This silent, serene moment is nothing short of a miracle!
MOMENT OF MELODY
a soulful moment
joyful birdsong
melancholy lifts
* * *
May we protect our beautiful environment.
- Diane
SUMMER DAWN
Such is the silence of summer dawn
save the cries of babies and young birds.
- Diane
THE GATEKEEPERS
So much light remains despite these times of turmoil. There are many who are the gatekeepers—those protecting human rights and the environment, others working to make difficult changes—and many more speaking out and illuminating the truth wherever and whenever possible. I know that truth will prevail as will the light. It has and always will because WE, the people, are diligent and strong and believe in the dignity and integrity of each other.
- Diane
CHERISH THESE DAYS
As the summer fog settles in
for the long while,
everything takes on a mystical,
antiquated feeling of awe —
I cherish these days.
- Diane
DARKNESS UNENCUMBERED
Yielding to the rhythmic sense of mystery,
we flew through the darkness unencumbered.
- Diane
ENTANGLED
Intertwined among the dense,
entangled branches is a sense of order
that only Mother Nature can provide.
- Diane
WHAT REMAINS
What remains are the multitude of memories... and loads and loads of LOVE.
- Diane
