This Cracked Life

There's a crack in my head,

in my mind, in my life,

a crack letting in the out

and out the in...

It's a crack of light,
a crack of mystery,

a crack of fear being chased

by a shy little crack of hope.

There's a whispering,

muffled, near, then far,

giving answers to questions

that haven't been asked.

There's wind through the chimes

making music in the night,

right outside my door...

Stepping back in wonder,

I'm asking the darkness:

How does she do it,

this miracle of life?

Take a breath,

and another,

and one more again,

and there you have it,

this cracked imperfection,

this beauty, this life.

Tobias, Rolling With Joy

Among The Aspens

Last week I drove up into the mountains with friends, and we stopped to admire these aspen trees.

Lying down, looking up...

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Treadmill Cats Make Me Laugh!

Meeting MaLu

Last week I met my dear friend MaLu for the first time in the flesh, and was finally able to look into her eyes, after a year of almost daily communications over the internet and phone. What a delight. And here is how it was between us, this, plus a chorus of delicious gasping laughter:

Thistle Flowers in my Back Yard

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Two Joy Filled Videos

Here are two videos I've come across in the past couple of days which are both filled with joy. These are wonderful to watch! Please take the time to enjoy them.

1. Christian the Lion

2. Where's Matt? Dancing through the world!

Cat looking Out Window

Doodle from Wednesday night's meeting at work:

Self Portrait 7/7/2008

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Independence Day Grasshoppers

Here in northern New Mexico, we're in the midst of our annual grasshopper time... tons of grasshoppers, but smaller ones than we've had in other years, it seems to me. Here are a few that I noticed this afternoon, just beore sunset.

Happy Birthday To Me

Another year, another July 1st, another birthday for me. Below is a photo from my baby book, showing me at my fifth birthday party. I'm the one in the high chair, facing the camera and blowing a party favor.