I found a labyrinth at the gardensat the end of an unfamiliar path,a quiet space fenced off from thoroughfare. While my sons saton a bench and caught up and3 year-old granddaughter chasedafter her new ball, I walked it undersun-dozing trees. Nothing specialtingled or vibed other than a sense of profound happiness.
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24 SSPC 42 (1st week) The Beginning of Midsummer: Growing Heat (July 7 – 21) Shosho 小暑 (tanka)
slight wind tickles chimesat the labyrinth’s entrancein acknowledgmentof my presence, intentionto meditate, in cool shade tanka form kigo: wind chimes, cool shade Colleen Chesebro is the host of TankaTuesday. Colleen wants us to write syllabic poetry using kigo for the season.
Doodads — visit to Grand Rapids, MI
Today I learned how to do my own covid test. The other ones my older son did when I went to his place first before going on to younger son and his wife’s house to visit and see my baby granddaughter. Somehow I got the times mixed up and showed up at older son’s…
earthweal weekly challenge: When to the center? and dVerse’ OLN
image: The Otfrid labyrinth design, here the scene for the battle between Theseus and the Minotaur, in a late twelfth century manuscript from Regensburg, Germany. Ten thousand collective stepshave gotten us to right here,twisting and turning, each with,moment by moment, myriadsteps of thinking, feeling, receiving, transmitting, yetwithin a context of one-way-inone-way-out, as prescribed.When will…
Doodads — family time and labyrinth walk plus a few shots from last week at the garden center
Today was such a relaxing day. The days-long showers have taken the humidity out of the air. The sun was shining and the temp was an even 70F as I headed to Grand Rapids to see my oldest son. His girlfriend was out of state visiting a sister so it was just me and him…
dVerse — quadrille — Gethsemane’s Check
Labyrinth in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo taken August 5, 2020. Gethsemane’s Check A large carved brick disc is plopped in the center of a near-urban churches’ garden. Chartre-styled snakes undulate with purple petunias at midday to wind chimes. Highway noises call like trapped surf in machined shells, far from the sea. Only ants walk…
#MM Music Challenge — Life is a Metaphor
Jim Adams is the music-loving host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Music Challenges. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [“One Way Out” by The Allman Brothers] and use it for inspiration in any form of creative expression (including but not limited to short stories, a piece of flash fiction, poems, lyrics, artwork, photography, (etc.)…
Tao Talk 