Meditation

Lightly, lightly
Breathe in, breathe out

Moonrise

Lesson 6

Logical responses to emotional craziness do more harm than good.

Good Day III

Shall we go for three in a row? Today I will plant peppers and lemon cucumbers and look forward, not back. Green growth. Summer salsa. The blessing of bees.

Sun Up

The sun is just up. The air is crisp and fresh. No wind. I hear a train in the distance, its wheels grinding and groaning and squealing as it rounds the enormous bend in the pass just over the hill. Heavy load, but keeping on.

Another good day coming, I think.

Today Is Not a Bad Day

Which seems deserving of note. Huzzah!

But now I'm sitting here, worried that I've jinxed it.

The Physics of Pain

We're all trying hard not to hurt one another, but the situation is inherently painful. We're like bowling pins, banging into each other--getting set up, knocked down, set up again, as outside momentum smashes us to the floor and tosses us into the walls.

Pins and people react to forces beyond their control. The reaction is opposite and equal, painful properties are conserved, and friction sets our nerves aflame.

Lesson 5

Email jabs knives into sucking wounds.