Swing In A Tree

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

"Mind Set"

Mind set

upon happiness

delighting in summer rain

a quiet day

or numbers adding up

a gooey piece of cheese pizza

soothing wine

or a crazy dance of joy

or following a rainbow

Mind set

upon contentment

a long, lazy nap

a canopy of green leaves

or a perfect rose

starlit nights of lovemaking

or a song carried on the wind

the passion of our love

or a single, simple promise

Mind set

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

“Chimpanzees and Stardust”

Walden Pond in November
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Drifting for a week down the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

I trailed my fingers in Civil Disobedience,
lingered a month on the banks of Walden Pond
just long enough to transcend
from awkward adolescent into endless possibilities.

Roger Fouts
www.misitproductions.com

I happened upon Patterson and Fouts,
fingers dancing into primate thinking,
and my enchantment with
Words, Mind and Spirit
coalesced.

Jane Goodall
www.ngm.nationalgeographic.com

My heroes slept under star-strewn skies,

witnesses
of Nature and Life,
Tools and Language,
Thought and Reason
diligently uncovering
commonalities.
Observers
who took me from the pond’s edge
Through Gombe
Until I found my place in the Universe.

www.universetoday.com

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

"Missed Opportunities"

you judged me

never listened to my words

never learned of my dreams

never accepted my strength

you excluded me

never extended an invitation

never initiated friendship

never offered belonging

you hurt me

never helped without games

never explained all the rules

never proposed compromise

you hardened me

never allowed for differences

never acknowledged my wounds

never tolerated my spirit

you lost me

never experienced my humor

never encouraged my independence

never received my respect

Friday, April 11, 2014

“Heartbleed”

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The latest invasion into my privacy means I have to generate new passwords. Many people can do this task easily. They come up with some nifty combination of letters, numbers or symbols that they can easily recall. For me, creating passwords takes more effort than stringing eight or more letters together. I need something that I can remember, first and foremost. That means tapping into old memories for a person, place, or event that I can use as the basis for my code. Then I have to add a variety of numbers or symbols at the beginning or ending of this building block. Always focusing on a combination that will be easy for me to remember while making absolutely no sense at all to anyone else. So, I’ll spend the next day or two playing around with ideas that will seem obscure to anyone but me.

Wish me luck!

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

“Spring Time in Texas”

If I could, I’d pause this time of year and let it linger for month after month. The cooler nights mean I slide my windows open and slumber with scents of honeysuckle and rose. My air conditioner stands silent and still as soft breezes waft into each room. Outside, a polarized filter refines leaves, deepens the sky to cerulean, and cuts daylight and shadow into razor-sharp relief. A trip down any road takes me to fields of wildflowers, a photographer’s paradise. Point and shoot. Perfect moments stretch out eternally.