Lake near sis/bro-in-law's Virginia home, December 2012
The time has come
To stop allowing the clutter
To clutter my mind
Like dirty snow,
Clear time, clear water.
Chihuly Exhibit, Seattle, May 2012
Time for a change,
Let silence in like a cat
Who has sat at my door
Neither wild nor strange
Hoping for food from my store
And shivering on the mat.
en route to Texas, June 2012
Let silence in.
She will rarely speak or mew,
She will sleep on my bed
And all I have ever been
Either false or true
Will live again in my head.
birthday candle, New Orleans, November 2012
For it is now or not
As old age silts the stream,
To shove away the clutter,
To untie every knot,
To take the time to dream,
To come back to still water.
"New Year Resolve" by May Sarton, from Collected Poems 1930-1993. © W.W. Norton & Co., 1993.
Lady Bird Wildflower Center, July 2012
What an incredible year. Intense, chaotic, stumbling/tumbling into a rather healthy and glorious chapter. I would never have dreamed a year ago in the damp and miserable wilds that I would be living in a lovely sunny place with all manner of adventures achieved & new friends met. And yes, it's true that I still maintain September is the true start to the year, January break is an excellent moment to pause and take inner inventory.
Or not. Maybe it's enough to simply roast some squash and craft a spicy soup and sit in quietness.
Welcome, 2013.
Gorgeous pictures.
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