beginnings

A new baby is like the beginning of all things-

wonder,

hope, 

a dream of possibilities.  

~Eda J. Le Shan

welcome, Anya Dunston, to this strange event we call life

Another little one in my life; enjoying his first Christmas.

and to kick off 2012 poetry...

SO appropriate that today's post delivered my ticket to hear/meet Mary Oliver in a couple of weeks.  Wild with joy may be an overstatement, but I am pretty excited about hearing her read.  Here is a selection of hers which I've been reading this wintry week:

Snow Geese

Oh, to love what is lovely, and will not  last!

      What a task

          to ask

of anything, or anyone,

yet it is ours,

    and not by the century or the year, but by the hours.

One fall day I heard

    above me, and above the sting of the wind, a sound

I did not know, and my look shot upward; it was

a flock of snow geese, winging it

    faster than the ones we usually see,

and, being the color of snow, catching the sun

so the were, in part at least, golden.  I

held my breath

as we do

sometimes

to stop time

when something wonderful

has touched us

as with a match

which is lite, and bright,

but does not hurt

in the common way,

but delightfully,

as if delight 

were the most serious thing

you ever felt.

The geese 

flew on.

I have never

seen them again.

Maybe I will, someday, somewhere.

Maybe I won't.

It doesn't matter.

What matters

is that, when I saw them,

I saw them

as through the veil, secretly, joyfully, clearly.

tech support

in/re/pre-spire

Life is one long process of getting tired. 

~Samuel Butler

Despite a healthy/balanced diet and regular exercise, exhaustion seems to be the theme of my current life.  And yes, I realize that I've introduced upheaval into my life by a major move and job changing.  But for today, I want a long winter's nap.

 

 

In the Bahamas, preferably.

when the new year's diet works...

three years

a little too much birthday...

2012

sunset of 2011

and not sure this can be called the dawning of anything.

But!  Unless the Mayans wipe us out, this year brings me health insurance, a full-time paycheque and the opportunity to buy my first home.   Here's hoping the year delivers on it's potential.