Category: Poetic Rambling
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The Harvest and Bounty
Here are two comments I received today and thought to share them with you: “Untangling what exactly? Silk threads from string? Ribbon from rope? Branches from roots? Genes from tumors? SNAP benefits from food insecurity? Shrapnel from bombs? Metaphorical thoughts from reality?…
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Untangled
We need to start untangling the darkness from light. Not in some small sections. Not from just these threads and not those threads. We must do better than untie some knots, while pushing aside the mess. Yes, it is complicated-…
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We Must
We must too. The world feels tilted, for me this election stirs fear rather than promise. My mind is restless- But, there is something resilient in the spirit—a hope that refuses to be extinguished. A voice that begs within, a whisper: “Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe the future I fear won’t…
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Celebrate You
Celebrate! That’s what I feel like doing! For years, I struggled to post and add photos of the moments that filled my life, feeling like I was missing out on capturing so much. But now, with the incredible new platform created by…
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Autumn Home
Preparing for Autumn: Gathering the abundant harvest at the end of summer, canning the last of the vegetables and making pomegranate jam, watching the first leaves dance down to the ground, grabbing from the upper shelf a sweater to wear,…
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A Single Thread
To those whom I have never known, whose creative handiwork has touched all our lives without us ever knowing your names. How many gorgeous pieces of antique textiles I have seen, felt, admired, held- without ever being able to say…