unseasonably warm

it's early december
but my morning walk
brought thoughts of may

the chorus of birdsong
and the warm moist air
caused me pause
inhale the moment

twas there
in the quiet of the cornfield
that grace o'er shadowed
me



"Nature is man's teacher.  She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumines his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence."
                                        ~Alfred Billings Street

noticing

it's the little things
from those gone
before

like scuff marks on a door
or handwritten numbers
on an old window pane

that do fain
propel me
onward


"It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time" ~Barbara Kingsolver

thanksgiving day eve

should someone ask 
this moment

what i be thankful 
for

i would say
"all manner of beauty

and light"

precious light

where would we be
without you? 

color speaks (#2)

cottonwood trees
glistened in the sun
and i was instantly
struck dumb

at the sight of them


* The golden glow of the cottonwood trees brought to mind an incident in the life of Moses. After living in the wilderness for forty years, he heard the voice of God through a burning bush. God doesn’t change, so thousands of years later, He still speaks through the things He has made. What deep comfort.

what color conveys (#1)

thank you creator of hue
that in periwinkle blue

i see new hope
rising

in spite of sorrow

i saw
pink clusters of comfort
in the garden
that day

and there was
nary a way
to deny
them


"Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity."
                                                            ~John Ruskin

reminded by the red rocks

i sometimes 
find it funny

that we think
we have such a twenty twenty view

of everything around us

we say to ourselves that
we have the answers

we have “their" 
number

we know the inside
scoop

but there are illusions
in life

and sometimes,
even we get
fooled

(Can you tell whether the dark rock or light rock is in front?)

*Photo taken at The Red Rocks outside of Denver.