Andrew

Sixty years alive

Filling up the need to know

With noise and sparkle

Happy 60th Birthday Andrew!

Time To Think

One foot in front of the other

Taking me into a space of my own

So that my thoughts can soar with the birds

Or dig deep into my next project

Working with words

Requires time

Quiet

And monotonous doing

A long walk

A long bike ride

A long drive

A long swim

A long monotonous something

Opens the mind to answering questions

Or untangling pesky knots in the brain

Rooted

Home can encourage roots to grow

As time passes in one place

But is rooting

This digging deep for the strength to grow tall

Caused by place

Or by the people in that place?

And so can those who move frequently

Feel just as rooted 

When they're with family

Conversations

The introvert and conversations

Often don't go well together

If one of the persons involved

Prefers to speak non-stop

But a written conversation

Slows it down to a speed

That involves both

An ongoing dialogue

Balanced by paper and time

Writing

A key element involved with learning to write

Is simply to put words on paper

Daily

I've used the stream of consciousness approach

But now find a need to move outside

Just my own thoughts

And so my Mom's teaching about letter writing

Is resurfacing

And so begins a new process

Write to family and friends

To see if anyone is interested

In developing a conversation

Long distance

Return

My walk by the river

Is filled with returning sounds

As the robins and red winged blackbirds

Have arrived back

The rubber tips are back on

My walking sticks

As the ice and snow has disappeared

From the walkways

My light jacket is out

At least for a few days

As the sun warms our space

Into spring

Reading

The joy of reading

Grows over time

And this Thursday

I begin again to share that joy

With a little one

Who at six years old

Simply needs some time

One on one with an adult and books