September 15, 2022

Therapy is strange.

I pay hourly, yes, and,

begrudgingly, too.

September 19, 2022

My career goal?

Survive capitalism,

eyes still twinkling. 

September 28, 2022

My spirit needs fresh

air.  The sun feels different

through a window pane.

October 3, 2022

What are you saving

for?  What are you waiting for?

Do you think you’re well?

October 8, 2022

A soft place to land

is what I have found.  Land first.

Rest.  Then, ask, “What’s next?”

October 11, 2022

Joy withheld for fear

of making a dumb mistake.

What’s a dumb mistake?

October 14, 2022

Not everything needs

to be sustainable for

always and ever.

October 19, 2022

Out of nowhere, I’m

suddenly quite tired.  It’s

not out of nowhere.

November 1, 2022

I trust abundance.

One moment of lack, loss does

not speak for the whole.

November 8, 2022

Relief is calling

at five and learning I don’t

have jury duty. 

November 11, 2022

When I tell you my

label, I hand you clues for

what lives inside me.

November 14, 2022

What if crankiness

were just knowledge afraid to

name itself today?

November 26, 2022

When will wisdom tooth

stop aggravating cheek?  No

dental insurance.

December 4, 2022

Laughing with pewmates

about our noble attempts

at unison prayer.

December 5, 2022

Sore mouth, runny nose,

a stupid cough.  Oh, sweetheart,

it will get better.

December 7, 2022

This is new terrain.

Our nervous systems were

better rested then.

December 18, 2022

A one lady press

around my kitchen table

brings words to pages.

December 20, 2022

She argues that our

need for hibernation is

more than symbolic.

[h/t to Dr. Ayesha Khan]

December 21, 2022

To find myself in

peaceful flow today is a

gift of the Solstice.

December 23, 2022

Overwhelm?  Yes, but

peace on the heels of joy, too.

My, what alchemy. 

December 31, 2022

I think what I want

to learn most is how to coax

plenty from not much.

January 2, 2023

All the day long, I

burned a candle in a jar

to know God's presence.

January 8, 2023

I move forward inch

by inch, trusting another

to come soon enough.  

January 10, 2023

Thank Christ for friends who

set the world right again by

responding with care.  

January 11, 2023

My questions are a

harbinger of joy, that is,

I am excited.

January 20, 2023

I will be faithful

in my honesty about

what doesn't add up.

January 21, 2023

There is a crucial 

difference between lean and

rickety.  Be smart.  

January 21, 2023 (bonus poem!)

She pulled walnuts out

of her trail mix to add them

to the brownies.  Ha!

January 27, 2023

Today was anchored

by the still, small voice that had

rather plain requests.

January 31, 2023

The smell of Woolite

caps off a very good day

(perks of handwashing).

February 1, 2023

One door closes and

another one opens; it's

quite a wind tunnel.

February, 12, 2023

For just a moment

the chocolate buttercream 

was the only thing.

February, 15, 2023

Origin stories

aren't fate, but they're also

not irrelevant.

February, 19, 2023

Sweet one, there is no

need to self-deprecate as

you figure it out.

May 23, 2025

Big, bold glasses for

little, bold me. May I have

eyes to see what is.

May 28, 2025

Be careful how you

measure your progress (lest you

overlook your growth).

May 29, 2025

If you know quickly,

heed the knowing, and call it

care from ancestors.

May 30, 2025

But if I were to 

get another tattoo it

would say, "daily bread."

June 6, 2025

Sometimes logistics

will bowl you over. That's not

a fail; it's a fact.

June 7, 2025

Standing fans give me

hope for the future. Know the

real need to meet it.

June 13, 2025

Probably I can't

change your mind, but maybe I

can make room for hope.

June 15, 2025

Care isn't lost or

wasted just because you can't

see where it ends up.

June 17, 2025 [title: Freecycle]

You say you want the 

thing, but then you don't respond.

Not cool, my neighbor. 

June 20, 2025

I’m losing track of

the days of the week. (That is

flow transcends order.)

June 22, 2025

The doxology 

is what I sing after each

furniture pick-up.

June 24, 2025

Everyone keeps

referring to my future

as an adventure.

June 25, 2025

Echoes abound in

the emptiness of my soon-

to-be-former home.

June 26, 2025

I pity those who

trust the box's words to yield

al dente pasta.

June 28, 2025

Feeling wobbly

is par for the course at the

juncture of thresholds.

June 30, 2025

The plastic fork is

what made the gift of cake on

moving day poignant.

July 4, 2025

This tired has been

a long time coming. Please be

patient with yourself.

July 5, 2025

There are so many

ways to be rich, so many

paths to abundance.

July 13, 2025

Oh, Holy One, what

do you have in store for me

and my open heart?

July 16, 2025

I choose to trust that

after this season of rest,

I will be ready.

July 18, 2025

Is this what it looks 

like for accumulated

fatigue to release?

July 19, 2025

Respecting folks by 

trusting their ability 

to journey is hard.

July 21, 2025

The illusion of

safety comes with a very

real price tag. Cough up?