dark of the moon

dark of the moon -
I dream
of green
apples

Sedona

red rock reposure

the retreater returns calm
exhaling incense

first day on the job

first day on the job -
the new library page breathes
hush, you lovely books!

Tarot Card of the Day

What is traditionally known as the Temperance card is a reference to the Soul. Classically female, she is mixing up a blend of subtle energies for the evolution of the personality. One key to interpreting this card can be found in its title, a play on the process of tempering metals in a forge.

Metals must undergo extremes of temperature, folding and pounding, but the end product is infinitely superior to impure ore mined from the earth.

The soul volunteers the ego for a cleansing and healing experience which may turn the personality inside-out, but which brings out the gold hidden within the heart.

That's it. I'm taking myself off the sale rack. You can find me in the Precious Metals & Gems case. It's located in the Of Hard Establishment department ...

The X Factor

My Boys and Me
Alyeska Ski Resort
Girdwood, Alaska 1991

BEAT your wife and your SON will most likely go to PRISON
From a poster printed by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 1995

mock, mock

literary hound -
the dog her role my best friend
she just sits and sighs