Apr
10
This week’s theme is: Imagination
basement library
shelving my Stephen King books
lightning flash; darkness
Thankfully, my power did not go out this afternoon. An impressive thunderstorm did brew up while I was putting books away – stark lightning, crashing thunder, pounding rain (hail?). Enough to spook the cats, at which point I came back upstairs because my imagination was having a field day.
Also, NaPoWriMo #5
Apr
6
back wheels touch earth smooth
playful wind gust sends skidding
nose down brings relief
Apr
2
roaring power fades
clouds below and stars above
journey-quest begins
I did not get a picture of this part of the journey. I’ve been lectured on my failure to take pertinent photos, but there will be many otters and birds to come later.
Jan
7
Finally made a list of the challenges I want to attempt this year.
Blogging Challenges:
What is The Pagan Blog Project? (The Short Answer)
This project is a way to spend a full year dedicating time each week very specifically to studying, reflecting, and sharing your spiritual and magickal path. The project consists of a single blog post each week posted on your blog each Friday for the year of 2012 that will involve a topic that relates to Paganism, Witchcraft, magick, spirituality, and so on. You can use your posts to share your views on a topic, to talk about your own personal experiences, or to act as a catalyst to research a subject that you may not know much about and then share what you learn and how you feel about that. Each week there is a specific prompt for you to work with in writing your post, a prompt that will focus on a letter of the alphabet each week providing you a framework for your writing as well as a common thread for all participants to share in.
NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April.
NaPoWriMo was founded in 2003, when poet Maureen Thorson decided to take up the challenge (modeled after NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month), and challenged other poets to join her. Since then, the number of participants has gotten larger every year, and many writers’ organizations, local, national and even international, organize NaPoWriMo activities.
Reading Challenges:
Continued…
Apr
30
gifts of witnessing
appear daily on my car
promising me Hell
I regularly have Chick Tracts left on my car at work. Shelley Segal, whom I saw live at the Reason Rally in March, sums up my response in her song “Saved.”
Apr
30
rally of reason
protesting theocracy
at our nation’s heart
The Reason Rally was held on Saturday, March 24, 2012, on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Apr
30
labyrinth
walking meditation
focus comes
(a variant on the haiku form, 3-5-3)
Apr
30
demons
dragging downward
desolation drowning
desperation defeating dreams
dying
An essay on depression: Depression is a Winged Demon by Grig Larson
Apr
30
walking with mindfulness
awareness of motion
ignoring distractions
focusing attention
satisfaction within
moving meditation
Apr
25
chocolate, yellow, black
same litter, same family
animal lessons
reteaching humanity
forgotten truths of nature
Apr
24
Theme Thursday offered the prompt of Wild:
house hunting
different desires
youthful yearnings
neat neighborhoods
perfectly paved
symmetrical streets
trackless trees
roaming room
wild wanderings
similarities sifted
concessions compromised
abode acquired
DrQuuxum and I have started house hunting. We both want what we grew up with. He keeps preferring homes in orderly housing plans, while I want land and privacy.
Apr
24
Last week’s theme at Sensational Haiku Wednesday was Annoyance.
spring annoyances
mixtures of pollen and snow
filling every breath
Yesterday, we had both a winter storm warning and a local pollen alert at the same time.
Apr
22
Finally saw the great horned owl out at the farm last night. I’ve heard him many times, but this first sighting marks him as a life bird for me.
shadow in the dark
separates from the branches
swoops in silent flight
Apr
11
Someday, I will make a list of the people I discovered through Tim Minchin. Probably the one that I watch the most is Adam Hills. I adore Adam Hills for many reasons, this one not the least.
lifetime together
sharing the joys and hardships
committed partners
worthy of recognition
our love: precious, pure, and true
Apr
11
sun through bare branches
burning the pale exposed skin
as cold wind brings tears
Apr
11
skunk
cabbage
onion grass
dandelions
bluets and violets
the mint running amok
through the daffodil clusters
Spring’s colors emerge from the snow
Nature offers Her early produce
Equinox celebration’s wild salad
Apr
7
As the link I originally saw this on said, “This picture is several different kinds of awesome.”
live
long
Nichelle
Obama
facing the future
sci-fi becomes reality
logical progression: a fibonacci sequence
Apr
6
Full
Moon
Shadows
Checkerboard
Alien landscape
Replacing familiar terrain
The title for this post comes from the name of last night’s full moon by the Dakotah Sioux, according to this website.
Apr
5
tree
sperm
invades
Welcome Spring!
allergies attack
warm weather greeted with sneezing
Pollen from a variety of common plants: sunflower (Helianthus annuus), morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea), hollyhock (Sildalcea malviflora), lily (Lilium auratum), primrose (Oenothera fruticosa) and castor bean (Ricinus communis).
Source and public domain notice at Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility
Apr
4
exhaustion gathers
lead blanket over muscles
eyelids drifting closed
Apr
3
opportunities
like terrifying unknowns
threaten comfort zones
That would be me, polishing the resume and writing the cover letter. (with much help from online friends, thank you!)
Apr
2
electronic eyes
looking down from the rafters
watching the mares sleep
For the last several weeks out at the farm, we’ve been trying to set up a new camera system for the barn. Eight cameras, one over each pregnant mare, broadcast across the farm network to the house, where Mom can keep an eye on them all using an iPad (there’s also an app for my phone so I can peek in too). DrQuuxum got the last bug out of the system for us yesterday, and things will be operational for foaling season. All that’s left is to bury the cable connecting the house and the barn, currently it’s strung from window to window.
