Unexpected, spontaneous, sublime, Kids gather ‘round, pile up on the bed in dad’s room, Not to hear me wax on with story, but rather to share some stories with me that they’ve written, Gentle breeze outside, gentle feeling of love as I sit in my chair and listen to them, So good, so good to …
Category: mental health
Remembering Corina
This week, remembering and celebrating a colleague who passed on last year. An email this week from several folks who knew here went around, a couple pictures, much love. Her birthday is this week. Remembering those who have gone on, passed away, remembering helps keep their spirit alive. Following is a piece I shared last …
Plugging Along In Mindfulness
Mindfulness has been the recent salvation for my days, and my nights. Juxtaposed to nighttime, to rest and slumber, interesting to apply it to the workday tho’. Frenetic pace of the business world, the changing demands, dynamics pressing nearly every moment, what to say? Say that mindfulness helps either way. Centered, focused, distractions recede, how, …
Haiku Form: Memorial Day
Basic human trait, Remember those who have died, Ultimate gift, thanks.
Haiku Form: Relate
Relate, don’t skate, On by, no cry, lean into, Closer still, worth it.
Sleep Is IMPORTANT As An Activity
I've always enjoyed sleeping. Now more than ever I'm intent on getting sufficient rest; Now more than ever I'm embracing what sleep does for me in the immediate -- coping, stress relief, recovery -- And what (I hope!) it does for me in the long term. Live to 100? Gonna try! Read article below for …
Road Trip, Make it GOOD
Saw this on a hill near Willamina, coming from the Oregon coast , through Yamhill County, heading southeast on Highway 18. This image captures the spirit of the Spring roadtrip with my kids: make it GOOD. Long travel? That’s part of the fun, enjoy the new and varied scenery. Kids sparring repeatedly? That’s how kids …
Travel Realm
On the road for the week, four days travel for three days on the coast, Mixed bag of attitudes and circumstance make it a week to remember, Movies and meals, some contrived, some on the fly, Common Cold put a damper, but did not derail the week, soldier through, soldier through, Gamut of rain, hail, …
Extraneous, Receding
Extraneous: not forming an essential or vital part Receding: to move back or away : WITHDRAW Interesting and magical, the way vacation, retreat can remove the extra in your life, the non-essential. Being near the ocean has this effect for me. I am grateful for this effect. A very busy life responds to the insistent, …
Swirl
In the dark again, Seeking good rest, fleeting, Thoughts spool up quickly, random, My choice, what to do what to do, Assert, ascend in the moment, Take back the mantle of control, insist, Scribble down Reese words, way forward, Adjust in the dark, eyelids flutter, better, Let the moment pass, let the moment pass~~~
1/2_Full, All GOOD 