I am so happy to be back (blogging and ......)

I have been gone what seems like a long time. During this absence I have been moving into my old, new home on Cross Street. The furniture is in place and the numerous odds and ends are finding their way too. I got a new computer and set it up today. It has all the bells and whistles. I know I will need assistance and training in its use.

As I am writing this, I hear my water fountain in the dining room. I sometimes can't believe that I am actually moved in. It has been a long process really beginning after my mother's funeral. But that's behind me and I look forward to a new year in my old, new house.

love song to earth

I love the way you look
when I see pictures
of you in space

you are so beautiful
and I feel such love for you
I can't explain this love
but it is very strong

I want to wrap my arms
around you
and hold you tight
I want you to feel
the bounty of my love

If I could, I would keep you
in my thoughts night and day
so that no part of you
wouldn't know this
profound feeling of kinship

As I sleep tonight I know
you will be there
in the morning
you have such love
for all the creatures who
inhabit you

some might think this love song
strange
but others would find it
comforting to know
that what they feel

is shared. . .

it speaks for itself 

in the words of Bob Dylan....

how many deaths will it take til he knows
that too many people have died
how many times must the cannon balls fly
before they are forever banned

the answer is blowing
the answer is blowing
the answer is blowing
in the wind

how many times can
a MAN turn his head
and pretend he just doesn't see

the answer, my friend
is b l o w i n g
the answer is
b l o w i n g i n t h e w i n d

and I would add.......

catch what's blowing
in the wind
write it on human hearts
so that lessons
are forever

remembered

not as fighting words
but as peace filled
sonnets to human

preservation

today I pack

I was right to do this
make this change
I have a feeling
many changes are in
s t o r e