Archives for 2018

On the way over there, then and there and furthermore…

Unreasonable demands welcome.

Problems are dissolved like tree branches in a tree shredder.

The mists give way to a piercing shrill clarity.

Do not be gentle with your generosity, said the herdsman to the dentist.

In the middle of a crowded hall, he saw her and she saw her.

In the next building, he saw him and she saw him.

There were theories and gifts.

There were jokes and diamonds sharp rays of philosophy.

Each had their own smell on a spectrum from cinnamon to turmeric.

Fragrant gems.

One of the final things.

But then there is one more…oh, and another.

Somehow final sounds important.

And yet we are in the middle of the most important things in the world, the moments and scraps that are life.

The resonatingly-tidal-wave-defying famous names and the highest achievers of life-turmoiling innovation, are just friends of the (note the capital “M” here) Moments of every life.

Yours and mine and all of theirs!

Only those who didn’t need to run were running.

With the smooth motion of a gazelle.

Lemonade was available from two 8-year-old friends whose stand was decorated in more colors than any jealous rainbow could muster.

Smoked carrots and painted leaves swayed in the breeze.

The glow had been around for millennia.

The facts had been discovered more recently.

Hardly here, hardly there, hardly anywhere.

A crash of a thrill ride with ecstatic moments of relief as we realize we are going to survive.

So thrilling, that realizing we are upside down and falling faster than gravity alone could allow is a calming moment, it’s reassuring.

Time, place and context – changes everything.