In the Stealth of the Night…

Annie Oakley Courtesy Wikimedia In the stealth of the night, some reader will roll the stat counter on culture vs content over to 50,000 hits. Hey I realize that 50,000 hits in one year is not such a big deal for many bloggers these days. Just think of the blog stats on Brangelina or Lindsay Lohan,…

haiku: the common

common moments stored a treasure chest prepared for leaner days ahead

Breakfast in Bed?

Breakfast in bed on a Sunday morning? No thank you. My backyard is just too beautiful! Even the fish love it here!

the feet of a roman god

I was just thinking about a poem I wrote last fall on the shores of Caesarea, while visiting Israel. It is a beautiful, sundrenched coastline, replete with layers of antiquity. And it is a wonderful place to sit and ponder as the wind stirs the memories of an ancient civiliztion that once ruled the world.   the…

One Glance

One Glance One glance from your eyes will change me forever… forsaken to beloved ashes to beauty swarthy to lovely rejected to accepted from a desert thorn to a desert rose.

haiku: desert place

sparkling springs at home draw me from this desert place where I have wandered

The Prickly Cactus of Ungratefulness

As a parent, one of the things I most appreciate is gratefulness from my daughter. I love to give and provide for her. That is in the DNA of parenting. In fact, I want to give and provide more and more. I love to bless her and see her smile. But an ungrateful heart can…

Desert Dawn

The Arizona morning is quiet and cool. We are in the car with the windows rolled down, sipping pre-dawn Skinny Vanilla Lattes. To experience dawn in the desert is our goal this morning. We sit in silence viewing the shadows of desert mountain ridges, towering cacti, dry shrubs and bushes as we drive. Suddenly the sun…