I love Anne. thats all I wanted to say. just to say I am thinking of you and i miss you. its been over a year and  I feel faraway. you are on my mind.  sending you a hug xox

The day after 12/12/12

Hi Ms. Cait (I miss Cait)

I went for a walk in the rain today, soft rain, mist.  Here they call it showers.

I thought of you because I was wearing a cute, blue, French-style hat.  Not that you are French.  but you are cute.

I walked hard, fast.  My body anxious to move after two slovenly weeks of "taking for myself" because I was nursing a cold.

When I looked to the sky, the rain felt like little kid kisses on my face.
The gray all around held me like the hug from a good man.
It was silent...the silence we know in meditation. 
A soft background of water and gentle breath.

Wish you were there.

SPRING

oh no

Oops...not keeping up but a tree on our block beckons. For months it has had these huge fuzzy buds, months. And last week, they started opening up into these huge soft pink blossoms. Oh so beautiful.

I'll get my camera out there.

full moon

what a beautiful full full moon

more japan

check out these images before and after in japan

this is a picture from the NY Times front page covering the tsunami in japan. i have been stunned by these haunting surreal still images. feels like a mindblowing dream/nightmare that doesnt make sense and yet is all too real.