Loved an Animal

Selfie With Kolo

Two souls
curled together
like the two sides of a heart
kindred souls
We explore
connect
enjoy life
together.

Open Your Heart to Joy

Fear of hurt
closes the heart.

Better to be fearless
and open my heart
to joy.

Love, after all
is invincible.

Music is a Higher Revelation

Tones
sounds and roar.
Storm
set them down in notes, dear Beethoven.

Inspire me.

Your music
is religion.

My Trip to Paris

With Maryanne in Paris

Paris in a coffee cup,
blurred real. Warm still.

My reward post chemo.
Life, not death.
Dreams
coming true
Lucky me
jubilant memory.

Thank you,
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
Maryanne
God
Survival
Love.

Imagine my heart beats.
Ours now.

Magic of Christmas

My 2013 Tree

 The magic of Christmas is love.

Oh, what a perfect gift--
to share the perfect light
of your spirit
with the world!

Poetry Within

Blacksburg, Virginia

A master of the Realism genre,
Flaubert wrote slowly.
 Deliberately.
Choosing the perfect word,
 the best phrase,
 the most concise idea.

(Oh let me be that precise
and patient.)

My Favorite Word?

This was taken with my Aunty Georgia

at the magical gardens of 

The Kona Coast's beautiful Keauhou Beach Resort 

a year before the hotel was demolished in 2012.

Aloha shared there lives on.

All Directions

Pisgah Forest trees reaching up to heaven.
Walking here, is like going to church.
Bare bends.
Holy.
Kindness.

Joy Comes

Strolling Hike. Brief stop.
Kolo learned from Clapton not to like cameras.
So,
getting her in a photo is not easy.
Imagine getting her here with me in this selfie.

79th

Pulled over at dusk
to take this shot.

Daddy would have turned 79 today
had he lived.

Together

Soon it will be too cold to ride,
but today we have the open road
Wild colorful Autumn
rising with the road

Together we explore.

Miracles Happen

It appeared as if there would only be rain and clouds this morning.
But I waited an extra minute
and the sun broke through the sky.

Proof:
Miracles happen every day.

Eyes Closed

Some days
I love you more than others.

That's okay,
I think
that's normal.

Positive Emotions

Let me share
the magnificence
of this day...

Make Today Count

Pause.
Breathe.
Commit.

Art of Love

Nature teaches persistence.

Nature teaches love.

Nelson Mandela

Richard's Mural

Working Together, Having Fun

 Oh, a work of art
and love.
Definitely.

Creating a Miracle

Purest Love

Cortney and her mom Beverly

A beautiful bride and her mother.

Love Finds a Way

My first watercolor painting

Richard left his watercolors behind.
so in missing him
I felt him
through the brush

Taste the Dawn

Dream Big

Love

Kayla's Lilies.
Blooming Love.

Breath of Life

Asheville, North Carolina sunrise

There is a surreal presence
sometimes
when I am watching the sun rise.
Usually, I am saying my prayers,
listening to the singing birds
waiting
and breathing in and out
this beautiful world that surrounds me.

Explore

Reeves Cove, North Carolina

The sounds of the forest

are as holy as a church.

Create

Reach

You can achieve anything you set your heart for.
Make up your mind to do it... and just reach...