Monthly Archives: August 2015

small potatoes

I am a mere droplet in a bucket a teeny tiny minnow in a grand ocean, I am a blip a hiccup in a rippling eternity yes, I am very small potatoes this limited and flawed (sometime fraud) spud: ephemeral, … Continue reading

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maybe I’m wrong…

…about you about them about the size of that tide rising and the misty message drifting before me, maybe I was wrong about whose turn it was the depth of the wreckage and the laundry list- or was that the … Continue reading

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Tinglingly Alive: The Fleeting Gift of Dance

Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
I’ve been thinking a lot about these wise words of the late, great choreographer and modern dance pioneer, Merce Cunningham.  At first, I focused on the familiar senses of longing and loss which I experience…

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of grace….and grasshoppers

I am an ancient warrior of good fortune of peace a carapace of patience and grace I am a seer of what could be that others can’t perceive I leap and leap with creativity, come follow me I choreograph with … Continue reading

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Lionhearted, Wholehearted, Bighearted Heart

“You ‘ve gotta have heart, all you really need is heart…” When I started writing this, I was intrigued to find that I still recall most of the lyrics I memorized 40 years ago of that epic song from the … Continue reading

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ode to a hot fudge sundae

you have been staring me down for decades, for ever flaunting your lusciousness oozing temptation-I mean punishment- treading the eternity of the board alone, I cannot dive in, turn away defeated year after year until here, until now as my … Continue reading

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Speaking of Joy

When I ask you what brings you joy, I don’t mean to add pressure to your life. You, the acquaintance I am getting to know.  You, the dear friend I care about deeply.  You, my child or my lover or … Continue reading

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REWRITE: Changing the Stories in Our Minds

Do I have to be feeling the way I am feeling right now?  Are the assumptions and stories making me feel this way necessary and true? I’ve been asking myself these and similar questions a lot lately, especially during some … Continue reading

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beached by joy

Beatific…by the sunkissed sea Eternally evanescent Astounding… attitude adjustment Carefree…cultivates caring Haven of the heart Yes to possibility..YES!      

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hear the mermaids calling

when we hear the mermaids calling we throw open the latched door of the cottage of our minds race down the worn path to shores bursting with passions we catch them and dive in…. when we hear the mermaids calling … Continue reading

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