A dream realized....

The Year of Stars

My niece Kathy G began listening for the name of years in 2010. This is what she's heard:

• 2010: The Year of Positive Thinking
• 2011: The Year of Playfulness
• 2012: The Year of Science (and Cake) 

 Which brings us to this year,  

• 2013:The Year of Stars 

She had to listen very carefully to hear this year's name. From her notebook:
Words from Buzzard's Roost Solo Hike 1/1/13 2013 is the elusive year. The year that just doesn't want to be named, because it knows what it is - it knows its intentions, and there are many. To be brave, to be patient, to be open to the next adventure. There are seeds and soil for the roots and branches. There will be shade for sunny days, and windbreak for stormy days. There will be light. There will be words. There will be laughter where friends gather, and perfect peace in the solitude. The name for this year is elusive now, but it will be. Maybe it is the Year at Grace Pace. The Year of Safe Places. The Year of Chasing Light. The year that knew itself too well to be named in haste. The year that got to know you. The year that loved you well. - With Love, ♥ Kathleen 1/1/13

the horse fairy is real

Merle is everyone's favorite cousin

on account of his horse wranglin' skills and his inability to put up shade structures on account of the cheap sticks he's got to work with.

You graduated college and never got in jail.

That one time in Scenic, SD doesn't count.

Perhaps...

if the High Plains Drifter had carried enough peppermints in his pocket, he could have ridden into Lago on a donkey.

1 Strange ambition realized

Notice the wearing of the helmet for safety, always a wise choice when first realizing strange ambitions as you never know how wild they might get on you.....

Soon we will riding this fine looking donkey.

and we used to believe we lacked ambition.

Tumbleweed Races

Cassius

the donkey-clever and resourceful. causes alot of problems. I'm not complaining though-alot of people don't even have a donkey.

Coyote Sighting

June 7
Bringing the dogs back from the vet, I noticed a buzzard on the first corner of our little neighborhood. When I looked to see what he was feeding on, I saw that it was a coyote.

Wishes=Horses

Suppose on your first visit to the beach

That it was cloudy and slightly stormy with some crashy waves, would you just get in there and let them pound you for almost 2 hours. Rock on Jordan.

And now a poem about dolphins...

ADDRESS TO THE CEILING
K. Michel -

the dolphin was once a land animal
it walked around and drew breath
under the pressure of climate conditions
the dolphin was driven over a few millennia
in the direction of the water
its once fully-formed legs grew shorter
and shorter till they virtually disappeared
what the dolphin retained from life
on dry land were the lungs
in evolutionary terms that’s odd since
what good are they under water
probably it’s a kind of use
that’s beneficial albeit indirect
– think for instance of body hair
coccyges or in a wider context
the continued survival of poets –
perhaps the evolutionary bonus is
that it enables the dolphin to
surface now and then
to leap out of the water
and cast a glance at the blue
or starry or cloudy sky
and the coast

Translated by Paul Vincent

Coyote Sighting

November 30th, 2010.


A motion light came by the office behind the thrift store
when I was on the back step. I moved over to see what it was.
At first I thought it was a fox, but it was too big and too grey.
It moved forward slightly, looked around.
It was gone in less than a minute.

one donkey at a time

Meet Cassius Clay.

Moon Over Falling Rock

Impermanance

View things compounded from causes
To be like twinkling stars, figments seen with an
eye disease,
The flickering light of a butter lamp, magical
illusions.
Dew, bubbles, dreams, lightning, and clouds.


from the Diamond Cutter Sutra

MLK, Jr.

"Forgiveness is not an occassional act; it is a permanent attitude."

April 14, 2010