Beginning Again with Kaiona
Kaiona, the Hawaiian goddess of the lost, just entered my life again after nearly 12 years. I was first introduced to her fifteen years ago when I heard Keali’i Reichel singing the song on the radio. It was the music that grabbed me first – gentle and soothing. It’s written and composed in Hawaiian by Puakea Nogelmeier. I don’t speak Hawaiian so it’s like an … Continue reading Beginning Again with Kaiona
Directions to My Home
The thought of providing directions to someone to come and visit me was a highly unfamiliar one; and it dug into me, evoking numerous emotions. Wow! A first – someone will actually come to visit me! How shall I prepare for them? What shall I cook? What will they think of my tiny, yet comfortably decorated abode? Continue reading Directions to My Home
Where did it begin?
pause-breathe-silence / Like being in the hollow sphere / In my mother’s womb / Empty Yet full / Listening Continue reading Where did it begin?
Lady in Waiting
Her strong legs ran up the concrete stairs littered with newspapers and cigarette butts. Once out in the open, on today’s visit, the wind hit her with the grit and electric smells of a city. Her coppery hair which had been neatly brushed into a classic page boy flew out like a windsock over her face—an east wind from lakefront. But she didn’t care because just one more gusty block she’d be inside the calm and sweet smelling palace. Continue reading Lady in Waiting
inaugural haiku 1.20.21
under rocks we weep . . . Continue reading inaugural haiku 1.20.21