Thursday, December 31, 2009

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Another I


"A friend is another I."
~
Aristotle


Friendship is fortune:
Silver clouds, gold like the sun.
Priceless whispers shared
moments, each breath.

Singular Sweetness.

Across the sky a jet flies
carrying my grateful heart to you.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

When We Share


"When we share --
that is poetry in the prose of life.
"
~
Sigmund Freud




Like me
You rise to greet the sun.
unencumbered
unexpected delight.

At the sight of you
my heart joins with yours.

We soar.


Thursday, December 24, 2009

As Far and As Deep


"Really, I think one's art goes only 
as far and as deep as your love goes."
~ Andrew Wyeth

Unrequited
Over there
my heart waits for you
blazing with longing truth.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Happy Heart


"A happy heart comes first,
then the
happy face."
~ Shania Twain


Approaching pink and lavender
Over snow and gold,
endless happiness.

An Asheville Airport plane 
rises above the ridge
My ridge, the cove, 
a treasure chest
of white powder and sky...

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Contemplation


"Teach correctly…
Find delight in contemplation."
~
St. Augustine


Snow, like memories,
fall and grow
creating depth too holy
to completely fathom today.

Nathan with snowman he created with Kayla
Clapton rarity: looking at the camera
Kolo, ready to explore



Thursday, December 17, 2009

To Be Loved, As To Love


"Make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow
love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt,
faith;
where there is despair,
hope;
where there is darkness, light;and where there is sadness,
joy.

O
heavenly Father, grant that I
may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to
understand;
to be loved, as to
love;
for it is in
giving that we receive,
it is in
pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying
that we are born to eternal
life."
~ Prayer of
St. Francis of Assisi




Time helps you see things clearer.
I said this prayer every day
when I attended St. Francis High

I still find my way back.
Meaning resonates 
Words comfort 
And my hope for peace remains.


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

amazing day

"i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly
spirits of trees
and a blue true
dream of sky;
and for everything
which is natural
which is infinite which is yes"
~
e.e. cummings

Happy birthday, Grandma Dorothy...

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Color Is Joy

"Color is Joy.
One does not think
Joy.
One is carried by it."
~ Ernst Haas


The sun suggests immortality...And the clouds... all the answers to every question are there, in the clouds... Spectacular sunrise. Fast moving fog drenches Cove, rising and twirling against a blue sky, clean from the rain.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Imagine It

"You won't get anything
unless you have the vision
to
imagine it."
~
John Lennon


Just a glorious sunrise. I walked with the morning chill. Open your heart and let the light in.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Can't Stop the Sun

"Can't stop the sun from Shining... Shining..."
~ Tom Petty

Today's sunrise brought to you by brrrrr... Toto, we're not in Honolulu anymore...

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Change

"Everything in life that we
really accept undergoes a change."
~ Katherine Mansfield
Here's the dilemma... The sunrise is absolutely gorgeous... blue sky, clouds... bright. I'll have to post another pix. Remarkable contrast.

Fully Understood

"Every man supposes himself not to be
fully
understood or appreciated."
~
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sky is burning red... clouds magnificent. (And the sun hasn't risen even)

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

After a Storm

Sunset off front porch...
"Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldnt we?"
~ Rose Kennedy
Unbelievable Asheville sky... Storm rinsed out gray. Bold colors of yellow, orange and blue. Spectacular, fast-moving clouds... Going into the sunset business today.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Always a Valley

"Always a valley before a hill."
~ American Proverb
Waiting for the sun in morning chill, listening to Kapono Beamer strum classic "Pua Lilia" on my MP3. Gorgeous... Thinking.... How can life be this full and simple?

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Happily May I Walk


"Happily may I walk.
May it be beautiful before me.
May it be
beautiful behind me.
May it be beautiful below me.
May it be beautiful above me.
May it be beautiful all around me.
In beauty it is finished."
~ Navajo Night Chant

I've got temporary computer problems, so this post requires a bit more technical creativity to post... Ever notice how the sun continues to rise, despite any problem you may have?

Makes me feel good about the beauty of life... and life's possibilities...

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Be Thankful

"There is always something
for which to be thankful."
~
Charles Dickens
Newness... Hope... Bright promise. With the sunrise, everything is awash in light.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Light Shining Nearby

"Never fear shadows.
They simply mean
there’s a light shining nearby. "
~ Ruth E. Renkel

My brain is all over the place this morning. I'm on the deck, covered in damp fog, moving fast. Clouds are settling soft. Maybe a sunrise...So much peace and beauty... Sounds below... Roosters, a woodpecker, dogs, cars, silence, a humming motor. Two black crows glide by:

Below, expanses of frozen green grass, dormant. Bare trees salute the blue sky. Where or where is the sun? Glowing light through the clouds. Pretty. I know you're there. Come on...

No drama this morning, just pure, golden light.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Compact of Fire

"Love is a spirit all compact of fire."
~
William Shakespeare


Sky is ablaze with color. Clouds on fire. One of those mornings where my camera isn't going to do this justice.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Inspiration

"God is within us --
we glow with his inspiration."
~ Ovid

Chilly sunrise today. Still splendidly beautiful.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Perpetual Optimism

"Perpetual Optimism is a force multiplier."
~ Colin Powell


Sky show here. No sunrise. Cloud & fog moving quickly. Sky above is blue & gorgeous. WOW... Now I'm drenched in fog. No blue sky. Just ethereal timelessness. Astounding how quickly the sky changes this morning.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

All True

"There's no one thing that's true. It's all true."

Redeeming Formula

"We are always in search of
the redeeming formula,
the crystallizing
thought."
~
Etty Hillesum
Pre-sunrise Asheville sky this morning is magnificent--Purple, red, pink clouds ablaze with colors. Breathtaking.

Monday, November 16, 2009

You Mustn't Miss the Dawn

Welcome back, Michael!

"Come quickly. You mustn't miss the dawn.
It will never be just like this again."
~ Georgia O'Keeffe

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Untie the Ribbons

"Each Day comes bearing its own gifts.
Untie the ribbons
."
~ Ruth Ann Schabacker
The motionless clouds are like gentle ribbons across the sky. Fanciful pastel strings of light...Stillness and quiet in the cove... except for those roosters crowing...

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Say With Certainty

"What can we say with certainty?"
~
François Voltaire
There it is... another day begins in holy possibilities.

Dream

"Explore. Dream. Discover."
~
Mark Twain


Oh, what beauty... The sky is on fire this morning...Then in seconds, the red sky evaporates to light. We wait for the sun to crest the ridge.

Friday, November 13, 2009

One Universal Grin

"All nature wears one universal grin."
~ Henry Fielding

Our dog Kolo started barking and I opened the door and was able to capture three of the five deer that dashed from our front yard to the forest at sunset.

Shine Within

"Let your Light shine.
Shine within you so that it can
shine on someone else.
Let your
Light shine."
~ Oprah Winfrey


Not a cloud in the sky. Unbelievable, brilliant light... O, shine.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Cloud Shine


"We talk of sunshine and moonshine,
but not of cloud shine,
which is yet one of the
illuminations of our skies.
A shining cloud is one of the most majestic
of all secondary lights."
~ Alice Meynell



After days of rain and French Broad River Flood Warnings, there is still no sun today. Just clouds... and light... and dreams...

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sunday

"Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week."
~ Joseph Addison


I'm watching the sunrise this morning with a deer. Three seconds earlier and I would have caught her on camera.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Holy Joy

"The beating Heart of the universe
is
Holy joy."
~ Martin Buber

I've got a wide open sky and the sun radiates the mountain top... JOY!

Friday, November 6, 2009

Two Roads

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
Thinking... that's what I did: Took the road less traveled...

Thursday, November 5, 2009

How Do I Work?

"How do I work? I grope."
~
Albert Einstein
Good morning, great day. Waiting on the sun to rise...Crisp, cool air. The sky glows with clarity and light.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Infinite Expectation

"We must learn to reawaken
and keep ourselves awake...
By an infinite expectation of the dawn."

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Autumn Burned Brightly

"Autumn burned brightly,
a running flame through the mountains,
a torch flung to the trees."
~ Faith Baldwin


Good Sunday morning...

It's chilly, but dry, and the clouds are gliding across the sky as I anticipate the sunrise. Quiet calm lulls the valley, decorated with evergreen trees and branches of red, yellow, burgundy, and orange leaves... The clouds continue to move, but they are thickening where the light shines. Will clouds shroud my cresting sun?

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Our True Depth

Ka Iwi Channel, Honolulu, Hawaii

"We sometimes need adversity
to fathom our true depths
."
~ Pat Riley

Monday, October 19, 2009

Joy That Is Shared

Halona Blow Hole

"A joy that is shared
is a joy made double
."
~ English Proverb

Just off Kalanianole Highway, Oahu's Blow Hole is a lava tube where on a wild and rough morning like today, the ocean rises and bursts up to the sky.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Creativity is Magic

Lanikai Beach, Kailua, Oahu

"Sometimes I think creativity is magic;
it's not a matter of finding an
idea,
but allowing the idea to find you."
~
Maya Lin

Lanikai, just south of Kaneohe: one of Hawaii's best beaches... Incomparable beauty... fine white sand...clear aqua ocean... arching palm trees. The beach where ancient Hawaiian royalty played... And at dawn today, life begins anew.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Gold

Sunrise, Niagara Falls
(Thank you, Rick)

"Gold cannot be pure,
and people cannot be perfect."
~ Chinese Proverb

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Seed of Faith

Mt. Olomana just after dawn


"Remember that the smallest seed of faith
is of more worth
than the largest fruit of happiness."
~
Henry David Thoreau

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Loveliest Smile

"Autumn.. the year's last, loveliest smile."
~
William Cullen Bryant

An overcast sky today. Leaves are changing, so my mountain quilt is getting more vibrant... Greens are turning yellow. I love it when the reds and burgundies come in with a vengeance.