thanks and so on

the universe:
first void
then....
light
the waters
the world

first the void
then
the big bang

first the void
then
the sensing ourselves
the awareness

later,
the word
the naming of Chris Elms, and you you, and tree tree
nice
for chatting
pointing
loving

and a way away
from all the sweetness
of empty
now
knowing

you are your experience
I am my experience

right now

from the emptiness:
love
ease
discovery

who knows what

thanks
to
?????

for all this
miracle
of
being

yes

Thanks Eight, and hey: use hay (leaves, junk mail, anything organic),

quiet thanks, to food, Earth, solitude, sweetness of Being




Could every day
be
thanks
day?

Sure
why not?

And after
feed
feed
feeding ourselves.

Let's take today:
and start
to feed
the Earth:

Make the soil
to feed
you later:


start with anything

add
leaves,
old plants,
junk mail,
old newspapers



even junk mail and stuff




leaves and old zuchini plant

Go buy some
hay,
not straw
oat hay,
alfalfa,
whatever the local feed store has,
get some different kinds,

put them on the ground,
over newspaper and junk mail,
over manure if you've got any
you can get to,
over kitchen stuff
and old plants,

pile on the hay,
make yourself
a nice mound

let it rot
and
you
are making soil

feeding
the Earth

soon:
this soil
could be
feeding you.

Thanksgiving One

why just one day of thanks

let me start now:

the blue sky

the rains

the green growing Earth

my breathing

the sweet sound of my friend's voice

the wind in the leaves, golden turning

the ability to know
now
that
I am alive

and the amazing peace
in silence of observing
Self, Life, Earth
from a no word, silent
place

Peace



hmmm
that's a good start

wed Parenting and Love

Marlie's daughter Rose,plus Sari, and Sari's friend Adam, and puppy friend

today is
today

Christmas
is gone

or is it?

the spirit of
giving
could linger on

could be the center
of our days

could be the Kingdom
of Heaven
drenching down
on us
in us

yes

for
in
all the moments
we
can always give
ourselves
the sweetness and awareness
to be now
this present
now
this only moment
we are really
alive

yes

so easy to say
and
actually
easy to do

and almost equally easy to forget

and with our children

this gift
we can always
remember
or forget
to give

our presence:

to just sit
listen
sit
talk
slowly
and watch their faces
and eyes

and listen,
while this sing
babble
talk
ramble

and wait
and breathe
and then
maybe
and talk
in a way
that delights
and inspires them

just the talk of love
free
of comments
and demands

just
i see your beautiful hands
touching the dog
holding the wood,
eating an orange

i see your eyes
letting in the world
sparkling and alive

i hear your sweet words
telling me how much
you love
life
and love
being you

yes

thank
you
thank
you
for being in
my life
in our life
in
life

Rhanks giving

all the time
thanks

and we forget

and then we remember

doesn't it feel
so much
better

when
we laugh
and smile
at the people around us

and even better?
to be awake
to the moment,
the breath,
the skeleton

as we do this?

yes.