rough places

all of our journeys
have
rough places

times of getting
bogged down

we slip, slide
and hope to
keep on going

and usually we do

but sometimes
the wheels sink deep
we're buried to the axels
"a snowball's chance in hell" (as dad
would say)
of getting out

alone,
that is


*" Because he clings to me, I will deliver him.
    When he calls to me, I will answer him.
    I will be with him in trouble.
    I will rescue him and honor him."   
                                     ~Psalms 91:14

decorating

let us
deck the halls
with jubilant joy
for the baby boy

born

in a
stable


*"...for there was no room for them in the inn."  ~Luke 2:7b

mr. squirrel

hurry little fella

the wind is picking up
the temperatures falling

head on home
and snuggle
in


*"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food, and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire:  it is the time for home." ~Edith Sitwell

adorned

nature
is readying
for Christmas

puppy

oh little bulldog!

your wrinkly face
lends a lighthearted
grace
to my day

were you sent down
with your serious frown
to say

"smile"?



*"Keep smiling. It makes people wonder what you've been up to."   ~anon.

weeds

i wonder how long it will be
before wind
or heavy snow
takes them to the ground

and i wonder how they came
to be called
weeds

they look to me
like remnants of
royalty


*"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting--a wayside sacrament.  Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing."   ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

birds on a wire

they're like a group of farmers
having coffee
at the diner

one
chatters away
loud and long

one may disagree

the others?

they just hold their peace
and maybe look
the other way



*"The older i grow, the more i listen to people who don't talk much."  ~Germain G. Glien