Single Digits

Aloha!

Happy to See YOU :)

"The only completely consistent people

are dead."

Aldous Huxley

"The best remedy for a short temper

 is a long walk."

  Jacqueline Schiff

"Until one has loved an animal,

a part of one's soul

remains unawakened."

Anatole France

"Your life is something opaque, not transparent,

 as long as you look at it in an ordinary human way. 

 But if you hold it up against the light of God's goodness,

 it shines and turns transparent, radiant and bright. 

 And then you ask yourself in amazement:

  Is this really my own life I see before me?"

  Albert Schweitzer

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Well, the Chief Executive has finally gone back to work; and so has President Obama.

My (blog invisible) husband surprised me with an extra day of his company on Tuesday

and so today is really and truly the first chance I've had this year to sit quietly alone

and begin anew. . . 

. . . Every culture has a time when routines are up-ended.  We humans seem to need periodic

disruption as much as we do the routines and habits that make a life out of chaos.

The world is made fresh somehow in these single digit days of baby New Year.

Finally the visitors (and husbands!) have been put out on the curb

with the Christmas tree.

All the saving little routines, re-sets, and re-calibrations of our individual lives

come back out of hiding

like timid woodland creatures.

I miss the Presidential family being around,

hearing where they ate

or swam.

And yes, I miss Husby too.

This year I pledge to myself

to stop interpreting everything

and to begin EXPERIENCING,

begin simply Living it.

Sorry for this bumpy ride. . .

I'm out of bloggy practice!

But THIS routine,

quietly sitting with you

sharing our lives-

Here's to US!

You & Me!

Together we share our flimsiest fantasies

and our deepest truths. . .

Strangers, sisters,

brothers,

dear hearts. . . 

Missed Ya!

As the world tries on a new year,

still in the short pants

of single digits,

learning to walk,

to sing-

Something wonderful is happening to us all.

Do You Feel it?

Birth pangs are messy

but what bright day

             is dawning? 

How goes it with YOU?

Tell us in comments :)

                                           fondly, cloudia