- “Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?” ~ Rose Kennedy
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Creative Writing Saturday
Free Stock: Fireworks
Burning the Old Year
Letters swallow themselves in seconds.
Notes friends tied to the doorknob,
transparent scarlet paper,
sizzle like moth wings,
marry the air.
So much of any year is flammable,
lists of vegetables, partial poems.
Orange swirling flame of days,
so little is a stone.
Where there was something and suddenly isn’t,
an absence shouts, celebrates, leaves a space.
I begin again with the smallest numbers.
Quick dance, shuffle of losses and leaves,
only the things I didn’t do
crackle after the blazing dies. ~ Naomi Shihab Nye
The Newest Member Of The Family
Forgive me for being quiet for a while. One of my daughters was having a baby and I spent quite a while in California helping out with my 2 and 5-year old grandsons before and after the birth of my granddaughter. For someone accustomed to peace and quiet, it was like a non-stop visit to one of those places for kids with a constant cacophony of bells, whistles and children’s laughter. I loved my time with them but if I wasn’t too tired, I had no time to post.
Anyway, I am back in Texas and recuperating, but I thought that I’d introduce you to the “Belle” of the ball. Meet Mia “Belle:”
Belle
I am sure that you will agree that my time away was well worth it.
Please indulge me while I get back up to speed.
Quote Tuesday
Please take note that I may miss some posts for 4-5 weeks. I am in California helping my daughter who is about to give birth to their third child. With two boys, 2 and 5, she already has her hands full; so, I am doing what I can to help. Of course, fibromyalgia limits what I can do, but I am doing as much as I can. My new g’daughter is due any day and all of us are very excited.
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” ~ Joseph Campbell
seeking querencia 