Tuesday, July 31, 2007

cause and effect

"Life is perpetual instruction in cause and effect." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

time for a break





















i've been teaching a class for two hours a day over the past month. today was our last day. we ate pizza and ice cream and watched "little miss sunshine." it was nice. i'll miss my students.

i gave a few of them hugs. i just had to. i may never see some of them again.

...now i'm ready to rest a while.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

daytripping



...i wish. i'd love to spend the day at the park.


but i have plumbers and carpet cleaners and students and laundry and books and work and such waiting for me.


at least i can visit this page when i need a little fix.






now, onward... upward.... etc.




why am i so tempted to linger? must everyday life be resisted?






renew your mind... it'll be a piece of cake.






Tuesday, July 10, 2007

night-light

sometimes the moon reminds me of the man-moth. that sad, sweet creature. i'll never forget him.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

confidence

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Maryanne Williamson

Saturday, July 07, 2007

stay














my husband left some songs by "the meadows" up on windows media player. apparently he used to know one of the guys in the band. i was immediately drawn to a song called "stay". it's my new favorite. it's so beautiful. i used it in a short video of my baby and me playing in the shuggie shack. this sweet picture is a still from the video. i didn't post the video. i thought about it. but i decided it's just for us.

thanks to the meadows for a truly beautiful song.

here are the lyrics...

stay with me tonight
don't ride out in the darkness
under a street light halo
it will be all right
i know you'll find your own way
in your own time
don't trouble yourself now
leave it all behind
don't carry the weight
upon your shoulders
fall into a dream
stay here with me
i can't stop the world
but i will wait
for you

stay with me tonight
ride out in the morning
into a new day
it will be all right
stay here by my side
stay as you are
don't trouble yourself now
leave it all behind
don't carry the weight

upon your shoulders
fall into a dream
stay here with me
i can't stop the world
but i will wait
for you

no i can't stop the world
but i will wait
for you
i can't stop the world
but i will wait
for you


check out the meadows myspace page,

where you can download the song:
http://www.myspace.com/themeadows
(see the jukebox player below the auto-player on the top right of the page -

it has a whole bunch of their songs on it)

Friday, July 06, 2007

i didn't find love...


















i called
out to it






















and it came running.


Wednesday, July 04, 2007

independence day

we didn't wear red, white & blue, we didn't eat hot dogs, we didn't hang a flag, and we didn't see fireworks.


instead we hung out in the shuggie shack, ate leftover birthday cake, thanked God for our beautiful country, and played most of the day.

happy independence day.

Sunday, July 01, 2007

i love trees





















i found this beautiful poem today, my 38th birthday.

Maples
by Mary Oliver

The trees have become
suddenly very happy
it is the rain
it is the quick white summer rain

the trees are in motion under it
they are swinging back & forth they are tossing
the heavy blossoms of their heads
they are twisting thier shoulders
even their feet chained to the ground feel good
thin & gleaming
nobody can prove it but any fool can feel it
they are full of eletricity now & the shine isn't just pennies
it pours out from the deepest den
oh pretty trees
patient deep-planted

may you have many such days
flinging your bodies in silver circles shaking your heads
over the swamps & the pastures
rimming the fields and the long roads hurrying by.