sustainable philosophy: Reaching Out- Keeping Good Heart - - 05/18/12 06:41 AM
Keeping Good Heart
The hosta you gave me comes back every year,to remind me how lucky I wasto have you in my lifeif even for just that blinkof the cosmic eye.We named her Hope,you and I.
At first we kept her close,in the pot in which you presented her,each of you reaching out,(or so it appeared,)and you smiling broadly,my dear.
But it is past three years, and I am approachingsix decades,and you have departed this many seasons ago.
So, looking beyond,I found a place for Hopein the shade of the sugar mapleyou planted by our cabin door,and gave her footingthat is more … (16 comments)
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sustainable philosophy: Asheville Style- warm socks at first freeze - 02/19/12 09:18 AM
warm socks at first freeze- and Asheville Beaver Lake
Asheville Style- warm socks at first freeze
I love the prospect of warm socks at first freeze,
just the soldierlike look of them in neat rowslined up before menext to the French-milled soapsin the second dresser drawerwhere they have bunkered down, neglected since the daffodils bloomed.
A colorful assemblage they,in vibrant vermillion, or glamorous grey,or in umber, or in those multi-hued,patiently waiting to be tapped for duty.
I am dancing now in the hours after donningthe pair - carolina blue ,with my tweeds and outdoor duds,cashmere caressing my lucky toes,
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sustainable philosophy: Forever Footpath- Asheville - 01/27/12 09:25 AM
Forever Footpath
… on a certain day
as, on foot, I make my wayalong the ever-present stream
that runs, blood-red,
down from the mountains,
on a certain path
hard-hewn
over hundreds of years
by thousands of travelers
man, and beast,
and wood-creatures seldom-seen,
as I trod a byway
almost obscure,
yet so deep pounded into the clay
as to be carved secure in granite,
and, as if a million chisel-steps
had planned it,
a certain history
of Cherokee
and those who went before
(or who then chose to follow)
unfolds.
And I wonder
about … (1 comments)
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