through scarf of feathered boughsa path, portal of stout knotty pinesa line along splashing gurgles deep pools with dazzling glints spellbound invisible frogs watch as we, salvage from a broken world, in benumbed state, stop to channelthe magic current of healing connect bear snuffle undergrowth for grubsas does nibble new grass, obliviousto returning visitors, welcome…
Author: msjadeli
mother, gardener, retired government worker, observer, reader, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music!
When Love Finds You
Don’t ever go looking for love. It might find you. You can’t control who will bring it. You can sacrifice yourself to it, and maybe that’s ok. Who is to say what a life’s function should be? Is what or who you might be be enough to turn it away? It means being left with…
full moon 060223
hazy honey texturedefies my expectationsmarble stuck in tar Last night’s full moon was very different than the moon the night before. It was taken around the same time of night/morning. The mosquitos were swarming me so I couldn’t stay out to take more than 2 pics.
Doodads — moon and yard 0601 and 060223
Last night at 2 a.m., while binge-watching, “Alone,” moonlight snuck in through the blinds. I looked out and said, ooh, I need to get out there and get a shot of that. It’s the first clouds I’ve seen in probably weeks. It was still cloudy this morning, but it’s more hazy than anything now. sky…
Tanka Tuesday 322 and dVerse OLN 340 — Turtle Spirit
Turtle collage I did a few years ago The turtle totem wisdom teaches us about walking our path in peace and sticking to it with determination and serenity. Slow moving on earth, yet also incredibly fast and agile in water, those who have the turtle as totem or spirit animal may be encouraged to take…
Getting Fit — 28+ Mile Bike Ride on 5/30/23
I rode with the same lady I went riding 9 miles with last week. We met up at a bike-friendly church (parking, bike repair kit, welcome to bikers signs, use our bathrooms) on the bike path and headed north on the Fred Meijer Berry Junction Trail. My new friend has an e-assist bike, so I…
#FF — He’s Back!
He’s back, just like he said he would be! It took but minutes to ripple through the digital ether to inform the human population. The website posted his tour schedule, where the faithful were expected to gather to join him, where they would rise to The Promised Land. In city after city, The Faithful climbed…
Tao Talk 