. . . and dare yourself to be more than your disappointments.
- Diane
Still Promises
this moment
this path
narrow, unclear
still promises
LIGHT
- Diane
Summer 2022
scattered horrors
summer 2022
close my eyes
try to remember
a more sane moment
when USA women
once upon a time
were free
THERE IS LIGHT
President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris - thank you!
-Diane
LIVELY DISCUSSION
The lively discussion was all about their individual techniques of creating abstract art.
Thinking of taking a few lessons from them!
- Diane
ABOVE THE WAVES
There is an art to floating just a few feet above the waves of life. And that art is definitely, a work in progress for me. This past year was a difficult one as it was for most of us. My goal this year is to try to keep a healthy perspective - flying above and beyond it all, so to speak.
We will see how long this lofty goal lasts, LOL! I’ll keep you posted.
-Diane
HAPPY NEW YEAR ~ 2021
Happy New Year, everyone.
May we soar beyond stormy skies in this new year of our lives.
- Diane
November 2020 Election - What’s Wrong With Us?
My husband and I turned off the news on election night and I became very calm and clear. Bob kept saying, this is the United States - what’s wrong with us?
I believe it is all about our culture that has become completely greed-driven and “I want it NOW.” We are an instant gratification, spoon-fed society. Anything arrives at our door within hours. We live with mindless reality TV shows and a pop culture that lacks any critical thinking or a trace of spirituality. We skim our devices, searching for tidbits of information or recognition, hoping for the next empty hit. But nothing satisfies. We wonder, “why are we so divided, why can’t we understand the other person’s perspective?” We ask without compassion or patience while still expecting and demanding stability in our society and government.
Our society, our culture, ourselves are all broken. Do we even realize it?
In times like this, life teaches us hard lessons. It takes away so that we may see all that we once had. It is one of the most difficult lessons and that is the point. Darkness settles in before the Light can return.
I think this darkness has begun. Look at the extremist leaders appearing in different countries, including ours. With this leadership, no country can remain intact nor will the people. Pandemics, climate change, hurricanes, fires, droughts, economic disparity, economic hardship and racism - everything that creates division has come and will remain. What will be left, only time will tell. But those that survive might remember days that were richer and kinder by far and much more compassionate. And if we do remember, perhaps we will be able to start again.
This sounds dire, but we are all in trouble. The pandemic has tried to wake us all up and look how most of us have responded. I just hope that the world can change in time for all of us to be able to enjoy it again.
Hug your loved ones, reach out to your friends and neighbors and help your community. Think about how you want to spend the remaining days of your life in this moment we are living. Bring courage as your weapon and hope as a guide for your survival. It’s going to be a long, dark period but I trust that we will return to brighter days.
- Diane
FLY AWAY DEAR ONE
Escaping the rumbling roar of unease,
I take refuge in the golden,
ever-changing landscape
of autumn.
Her beauty whispers…
fly away dear one - fly away.
CUSP OF THE HORIZON
Despite the darkness, the possibility of light is always on the cusp of the horizon.
-Diane
