almost forgot ... Poetry Thursday

In your wanderings 
among the mountains 
and the desert 
you will always remember 
the depth of her [Spring’s] cool heart. 
And though oftentimes 
you will not know 
for what you long, 
it is indeed for her 
vast and rhythmic peace. 

~ K. Gibran
The Garden of the Prophet

Poetry Thursday

I will be waiting 
here. 
For your silence 
to break 
For your soul 
to shake 
For your love 
to wake.
 ~ Rumi

late entry

To wander 
in the fields 
of flowers 
pull the thorns 
from your 
own heart.
~ Rumi

Poetry Thursday

But let there be spaces 
in your togetherness and 
let the winds of the heavens 
dance between you. 
Love one another 
but make not a bond of love, 
let it rather be a moving sea 
between the shores of your souls.
– Kahlil Gibran

Table Bluff...and sunset views

 This is the south part of the Humboldt Bay on one side (below) and the Eel River delta meeting the Pacific (top) ... I think I got that right ...if not, switch your view.

Two previous from the top ... and in the car...sorry.

 from sea level...

aren't these skies gorgeous? And the windswept trees... it was all beautiful...

 Couldn't quite get the tree tunnel to come through as it was in person, but squint at it...

As the sun slipped deeper into the ocean, we stopped by another spot .... Salmon something... what follows are from that spot... truly beautiful

Fourth on the Arcata Plaza

 Note 1) this is not a giraffe despite the resemblance; 2) it is a pink polka dot, peg-legged pony; and 3) most importantly, bubbles can emanate from that hole.

 arty shot of kinetic koo-tie... I have no idea what it means...

 Ok, this wasn't on the fourth, but it was in Arcata ...and so relaxing!

 I fell in love with the vintage signs ...

 and this vintage firetruck

 front view of #notgiraffe

 I didn't quite catch this one upside down full giggle, but it was priceless, believe me

 obligatory flag shot

 not sure what kind of guard totem this is, but I as charmed.

Olive and her person ... Olive is a ham, and then she showed me where she wanted to be scratched.  Also Olive's person was selling really cool t-shirts.

Emotional independence?

Someone asked me the other day, after I tried to explain where I am in my life right now, how I was still upright.

It didn't really sink in for a bit.

This sign is on one side of the track & the yellow line ...

It wasn't a criticism.

I get so much of that from myself and others, it is hard not to expect anyone's reaction to be that.

She was saying ... goodness, you have so much going on.

I looked at her and didn't know what to say.


I don't remember, in fact, what I said.

But, I remember what she said next, "You look great!"

She is not a friend, well, maybe she is now... but I had just met her in person for the first time and we were about five minutes into our conversation.

...is on the other side; the train runs between. It's the thought that counts?

I forget to give myself credit... too often.

Things are not as I would like them to be... they certainly aren't as I have planned (and planned b, c, d, e, f, and g).

And they haven't been for quite some time.

I forget how long it's been since I have had my own place, short-term and long-term goals that reflect what I desire, or even the vaguest notion of what I desire.

This hurts... large tears roll down my cheeks as I type this.

But, I am upright.  And even though I may not feel like I look great.  I am ok.

I am ok.

I feel overwhelmed every minute of the day with all that I need to get done, should get done, have promised to do... sitting alongside what I need or must do for myself.  These rarely coincide.

But, I am ok... I get up in the morning, I do what I can, sometimes that means that I just cry for a bit before I deal with the tasks at hand.

I don't know what I want next... it is not clear to me.

And so I haven't committed to a city, a job, a place... and that is not a super comfortable place to be.

I don't have a homebase...except my car right now.

But I think I am doing the right thing by taking my time in making all the daunting decisions ahead of me.

Another day ... we'll see what this one brings.

[These photos are scenes from that day when I had the conversation with my new-almost-friend in Solana Beach, CA]

Oops. Poetry Friday

Make peace 

with the universe. 

Take joy in it. 

Every moment, 

a new beauty. 

~Rumi