31 January 2014

More and more, I am
Conscious of mortality...
Mine, also my friends.

31 January 2014

30 January 2014

"Be happy and safe."
From a friend who is in pain
And whom I can't help.

30 January 2014

28 January 2014

And when I return,
The dog leaps up, hugging me
Welcoming me home.

28 January 2014

27 January 2014

Between gale force winds
And a winter thunderstorm...
One more sleepless night.

27 January 2014

26 January 2014

When I look outside,
All I see is a sea of white...
Snow driven by wind...

26 January 2014

25 January 2014

I'm old and tired
And I don't want to be me...
But who else is there?

25 January 2014

24 January 2014

Some nights, I can't sleep.
Other nights, I don't want to...
Because I have dreams.

24 January 2014

23 January 2014

I feel older and
Less at peace than usual
As I lie awake.

23 January 2014

21 January 2014

As my brother says,
"Snow is a four-letter word."
With more on the way.

21 January 2014

 



20 January 2014

A day to reflect.
Too many martyrs have died.
Work still to be done.

20 January 2014

 

 



14 January 2014

The snow's almost gone;
In its place, a vast expanse
Of mud and brown grass.

14 January 2014

13 January 2014

Back to work today.
I have often forgotten
How much fun it is.

13 January 2014
(Of course, it's only part-time.)

11 January 2014

Outside the window,
A soft drip, drip, drip persists--
Snow slowly melting.

11 January 2014

10 January 2014

Dozing in my chair,
Waking to the nightly news,
Nothing I want to hear.

10 January 2014

9 January 2014

Outside my window,
I see a world that's all in
Shades of black and white.

9 January 2014
(The astute reader will gather
that the first week of the new
year has been cold and snowy.)

 

7 January 2014

A strange day.  Silence,
Nothing moving, just the wind
And trees seem alive.

7 January 2014

 

 



6 January 2014

In bed, not sleeping,
I watch shadows on the wall
Dancing with the wind.

6 January 2014

3 January 2014

A north wind, shaking
Snow from the trees, gave our dog
A white winter coat.

3 January 2014

2 January 2014

Snow drifting around
Our doors, almost weightlessly
Keeping us inside.

2 January 2014

1 January 2014

In the dark of night
The falling snow makes the sky
A swirling white mist.

1 January 2014