As often happens, a friend said something that stuck in my mind and turned into this. I hope it lifts your spirits. We are meeting on the other side of midnight Though the dawn’s still far away We are looking for the future bright, For naught can stop the day. We are turning to our… Read More Past Midnight

Something cheerful for today. I hope your mornings go this well. The mist of morning shimmers soft As sleepy owls find their loft, And little children slumber deep As the dawning starts to creep. The sun sneaks up his big bold head And winks at the moon who turns to bed. The sleepy mist turns… Read More Morning Time

It stands as a truism that you can never go home.  Yet home does not vanish because we cannot go there any longer in the flesh.  Whether it changed or we did something remains, even if just an echo. The shadows of home are never so far As the thought in a memory. Out of… Read More Shadows of Home

Reflections on mercy in a time of strife. A prayer for souls whatever happens on this side of eternity. (This was supposed to go out on the 9th and for some reason didn’t.) Faltering souls lost in despair Who no longer have the strength to strive The guilty and dark, chained by their deeds Who… Read More A Prayer for the Lost

An exercise in mood, I hope you find it as fun as I did. A gentle breeze spins playfully and tosses high the leaves A laughing wind comes gaily to comfort the bereaved. The gentle sun is shining before the noonday heat And the birds all are calling to the morning that they greet. The… Read More A Dancing Wind