Water starts to bubble from the bottom of the pot slowly making it’s way to a boil as the light of day breaks through morning’s resistance. My bare feet meet the ridges of the hardwood floors. My toes sink into the rhythm of dawn. Largo and pianissimo. Every movement a dotted whole note.
Pouring the water over leaves I [...]
Archive for February, 2008
6:41 am – Making Tea
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
10:00am – Tenlytown Metro Station
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
He couldn’t be missed with his giant purple pom pom hat.
Maybe he was 2 years old. Not more than 3. He was wrapped from head to toe in winter gear. He was so bundled he waddled as he walked.
The Metro station was crowded for a Sunday morning. The rush of people seemed to scoop him [...]
4:11am – Hotel Room Balcony, Sandestin Florida
Posted in Uncategorized on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A lulling swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, from the waves. Gentle and soothing. Consitency is their song. Unpredictable is the water but continual is the tide. Immutable, the water laps against the shoreline and pacifies the night. Reaching , the water washes over the sand and pulls everything back in an embrace. Determined, the water pushes through [...]
7:24am – 30,000 Ft
Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wonder and awe beat anxiety at 30,000 feet. Looking out the little airplane window I am stunned by the blue of the sky. Is it cornflower blue? Periwinkle? It’s a blue I have never seen before. Is this what it would be like to be on the inside of a saphire? And the formation of [...]
