Ash Wednesday

"May St. Brigid bless you and make you generous in your giving, pleasant in your greeting, honest in your speaking, clear in your thinking, strong in your working, loyal in your loving, and joyful in your living."

W.B. Yeats and Ireland, Part III

"Though I am old with wandering Through hollow lands and hilly lands,"

The Song of Wandering Aengus, Part III ~Yeats

W.B. Yeats and Ireland, Part II

"It had become a glimmering girl With apple blossom in her hair . . . "

The Song of Wandering Aengus, Part II ~Yeats

Tribute to W.B. Yeats and Ireland in 3 parts

"I went out to the hazel wood, . . . And caught a little silver trout."

The Song of Wandering Aengus, Part I ~Yeats

1) knowing tribe is security

the tribe of horses

drinks quietly together~

blood, the tie that binds

in memoriam

in memory of Pegy Santos whose race is over
1949 - 2009+

A Hint of Summer

Cold and wind forget

Petals floating gently by--

A taste of summer.

7) union (lavender), Winter 2008-09, Collage

First Post

What does our body's energy tell us about our security, creativity, ability to express?

6) transparent (indigo)

It is snowing and snowing and snowing.

Soon my transparent soul will be covered.

It is freezing and icing and sleeting.

My once malleable heart will be frozen.

How does one liberate the soul, the heart, the mind?

How does one take a trip behind the mirror?

Maybe the crystalline ice will reveal the magical soul,

And the layers of snow will warm the still-beating heart.

5) flowing (blue)

4) accepting (green)

This is a song of a little bird

Who fell in love with a fish.

He said, "You cannot live in the ocean."

And she said to him,

"You never can live in the sky."

But the ocean is filled with tears

And the sea turns into a mirror.

There's a fish in the moon when it's clear

And a bird on the tide.

And the fish and the bird can live in each other's hearts.

~Tom Waits

3) fragile (yellow)

1) secure (red)

the cat and the coyote

The coyote's eyes narrowed as he greedily ate the raw meat.
The cat's eyes widened as he warily watched.
I swooped him up in my arms and nestled him to my chest.
Greed, fear, compassion, trust in the backyard.

separation

wheels of energy