Rural dream

Sleeping and waking

Green fields sail by
Stone churches and bridges
Between trees, over streams
Tracks rumbling along below

In Spring-time
I could almost fall in love
With England from a train


[19 April 2010]

Day 70

Bowls for breakfast
Plates for lunch
Bowls again for dinner


[17 April 2010]

Day 69

Vows of love to create a future
As this I and this you
Slip in and out of presence


[16 April 2010]

Day 68

Chilli pepper, ginger. Soy sauce, black beans
Zucchini slices, tofu. Fat udon noodles
Salty in my mouth. Warm in my belly


[15 April 2010]

Day 67

Adding a few words to
Photos through a year
Illuminating the treasure of moments past


[14 April 2010]

Day 66

Measuring time with love
A new month, a new nickname
Emails evoke a younger us


[13 April 2010]

Day 65

Intimate with the road, the wind, the trees, the flowers, the birds
The blood coursing through this body
And the rock hard bicycle seat bruising my buttocks


[12 April 2010]

Day 64

Sweeping the house
As the sun sets
Over cut grass and daffodils


[11 April 2010]

Day 63

Cold relentless flowing power
Raw strength and presence
Water and body, intimate


[10 April 2010]

Day 62

A good friend arrives
The evening disappears
In a free-flowing torrent of catching up


[09 April 2010]

Day 61

Driving home under a blue sky
Brilliant streaming sunset
Yellow daffodils on the roadside


[08 April 2010]

Day 60

Finish work late, tired
Switch off, lock up and step out
Under the stars, reawakening


[07 April 2010]

Day 59

In bed lying on my stomach
I feel my innards and notice the patterns
In the wood-grain of the floor


[06 April 2010]

Day 58

He carefully broke the muffin in two
"Does it look fair?" and gave me half
Such deep consideration, kindness and love!


[05 April 2010]

Day 57

Three days, a flash of time
A glimpse of a young life accelerating by
With joy and energy - I'm grateful


[04 April 2010]

Day 56

Father's big hands slice and chop
Son's small hands slice and chop
We eat the whole bowl of fruit salad


[03 April 2010]

Day 55

This life, whole in this kitchen, this evening
Washing this, chopping this, sorting this, cooking this, eating this
Attending to an endless stream of - this


[02 April 2010]

Day 54

Quiet focussed chopping
Noisy playing, building, singing
Reconnecting in our own time


[01 April 2010]

Day 53

Not sleeping
Makes it hard to wake
While the world stirs outside


[31 March 2010]