crazy, party of one

Life, while never slow for me, has suddenly intensified.  September is going to be juggling my current three jobs as well as teaching an intersession at a community college.  Oh, and my accompanist just gave notice, so I am revamping my entire semester's worth of music.  And somewhere in all of that, going to the beach to spend some time with The Elders.

A penny found on the way to work seemed a good omen.  As well as the fact that I'm going to defy this heat wave and turn on my oven to bake up a choir party's worth of cookies tonight.

September poem

it rained in my sleep and in the morning the fields were wet I dreamed of artillery of the thunder of horses in the morning the fields were strewn with twigs and leaves as if after a battle or a sudden journey I went to sleep in the summer I dreamed of rain in the morning the fields were wet and it was autumn "September" by Linda Pastan, from Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems 1968-1998. © W.W. Norton & Company, 2009.

random bits of joy

coffee with an island cousin

my day off was cold and foggy but I still headed to the beach

as the rest of the week was hot (for Seattle), the peppers began to turn red

and while I've harvested tomatoes earlier, they are now appearing by the handful daily!

still on pins/needles over just about every aspect of my life right now.  So, it is doubly good to notice the teeny joys that are scattered across my days.

time & space

It's too hot for an entire poem, so here is a poetic snippet for Poetry Friday...

I seem to wish to have some importance in the play of time....what is deep, as love is deep, I'll have Deeply. What is good, as love is good, I'll have well.  Then if time and space have any purpose, I shall belong to it. 

Jennet Jourdemayne

glories of the sun

While neither Bogart nor I appreciate this heat wave (yes, it's mild compared to the rest of the country, but really--we don't go about 60 before we whinge), my garden is rejoicing!  My first large ripe tomatoes.

In other news, I just landed a short-term teaching gig at a community college.  V. excited about this and hoping it will open more employment doors. 

another day dawns

 so much is swirling around in my life at the moment; it truly is a moment of 'when it rains, it pours'.  So many options, so many decisions to make and at times I feel frozen in trying to make the absolute best choice for my life.

At these moments, it is good to see the eternal stillness of my lake and Mt. Rainier and to realize that no matter my choosing, these things remain steady.

Ryan & Renee

Jaunted off to the southern end of the Hood Canal for a cousin's wedding yesterday.  

 My gene pool :)

Will write more later....off for an interview; finger's crossed that this job is the one for me.