Ajar

"The soul should always stand ajar. 

Ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."

~ Emily Dickinson

Grief

"The only cure for grief is action." 

 ~ George Henry Lewis

Beloved

Brand new day. If you look closely enough at this Twitter photo, there is a sliver of the moon dancing in the swirling clouds.

Then I took a gentle walk outside, just to see...

Waiting for the sun this morning in the front garden, I added the treasures I collected this trip along the shell pathway.

I thought I would have enough time to finish and catch the sunrise from the back deck. The sun had other plans.

The sunrise shot below is taken sitting on the ground, looking up.

"And did you get what 

you wanted from this life, even so? 

I did. 

And what did you want? 

To call myself beloved, to feel myself 

beloved on the earth."

~ Raymond Carver

Friends

My friend Beverly has returned to Honolulu and I am waiting for the sunrise, thinking about all the good things I have and planning my work day. I am amazed how green everything is in the cove and the birds are singing in full chorus, as if they, too, can't wait for the sun to crest the ridge.

The clarity from here to Asheville is amazing. The beauty here truly is miraculous.

It is a new day, full of possibilities.

"Friends are not only together 

when they are side-by-side, 

even one who is far away... 

is still in our thoughts." 

~ Ludwig Van Beethoven

Determination

"I ran and ran and ran every day, 

and I acquired this sense of determination, 

this sense of spirit 

that I would never, never give up, 

no matter what else happened."

~ Wilma Rudolph