~ poor folks aspire to the common ~ just out of reach ~ hunger & failure wear them down ~ they snarl at their children ~ quit bitching ~ you’re alive, aren’t you ~ the answer to that question ~ yes, the one deeper sadness ~ ready to go ~ never begun ~

~Come~

We were born gathering…

It is wonderful in the autumn come winter of my years to realize I still believe in miracles.  They occur each and every day for each of us.  There are times we have to dig through the layers to find them, learn to be aware of an ever positive nuance in our lives.  On a cloudy day, one may enjoy the…

~ a man on the road ~ usually doesn’t have much ~ in the sense of money & possessions ~ what worth is positive energy ~ vitality of spirit ~ a predisposition toward hope & dreams ~ the hunger to share them ~

He carries his dreams in a bucket.  It is shot through with holes…

What a glorious Sunday morning this is.  It’s sixty-two degrees here in California with a cool breeze wafting through, kissing the stucco and glass of houses erected six feet from one another.  It’ll do; this Sunday I’m okay with that.  I told my children (before they were adults and I hope they still…