49. no problem!

sun shine 
or rain shine
no problem!




 

48. things change

no use
longing for the way things were—
everything changes 








 

47. blue crabs


curious:
peering into the crowd....them
looking back at me







 

46. going south

weather vane
spinning round and round
points the way home








 

45. yulan & dan Thanksgiving

“on and on....”

stopping between breaths 
the old frog
galumphs along
(by yulan)

***

“tribute to a frog”

profoundly alone
wounded eye and dragging leg
fearlessly onward 
(by dan)

(photo by dan)




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44. nothing special

hot air blows in, candle blows out
outside that dog is barking—
just another morning 







 

43. fat bee

fat bee
on the honey jar—
bonding

 

42. processing


in the process
of processing
beating myself up....

 


—learning to forgive myself 
   for simply being human


41. three birds

waiting at the light
three birds up in the trestle
splatter my windshield!

 

40. Dawning

the sun rising
over frost covered trees
eyes aglow

 


—Dan witnessed this moment on his early morning hike....this is his photo....see his blog: may-king-sense.blogspot.com or click here on ”other sites enjoy”

39. mahjong

the game of Life
is the game of the mind—
keep your mind open


—i was a big loser that night, lost every hand!  that’s a big L that i’m holding up in my hand....i just laughed and laughed. 



(Mahjong cultivates life skills. It’s a game of luck and strategy in playing the hand that Life deals you.  Winning or losing are only temporary ideas.  What matters is staying in the game.... how you end one hand will lead you into the next....and remembering that there’s always another hand to play if you’ll just keep your mind open.)
 

38. stone people

stone people:
some fat some thin, tall, short
just like us

 

37. enjoy


”get out of the rat race,”
said the old slug, ”take it easy—
slow down....enjoy the day”
 

36. !!*#%*!

entangled
in the tangled layers of her
tangled thinking!!

 

35. huh?

abruptly, she turns
takes five quick steps to the left
....where was i going??!

 


  
—i did this yesterday morning

(Haven’t we all done this: headed out 
in one direction, then forgot where we 
were going or why?)  
  

 


34. young buck

the young buck
doesn’t give us a glance—
both eyes on that doe


 

33. earthy

if you 
wish to ascend,
stay down to earth

 

32. touching eternity

standing in the light
beyond words, beyond time
touching eternity





some feelings are beyond words,
some moments are beyond time—
this is one of them.



 

31. yulan & dan thursday

“the mist”

the first poem
rising
with the mist
(by yulan)

***

“depth and breadth”

with layers so deep
page behind page behind page
a book to be read
(by dan) 

(photo by dan) 

Visit Dan’s blog:  may-king-sense.blogspot.com



 

30. seventy-four

my mother
died at 74–
will i do the same?

my mother my self:
superstition’s a funny thing
and yet, and yet....

“and this too shall pass”
my mother told me,
her hand on mine

 

22. rain is on the way

rain is on the way—
they wait under cover and
put up umbrellas

 

29. remembering to play

aka baka
stone-a-kraka
aka baka boo—
in comes uncle sam 
and  out  goes  Y-O-U!


(Out on yesterday’s hike, he started with “penny for your thoughts,” and I followed with “penny wise and dollar foolish,” then he “less is more”—and we were off and running into remembering limericks.)

 

28. today

all you really have is
today—
why not enjoy it

 

27. cookies

3 hours baking cookies
i gave him some....
and hid the rest

 

16. rise & shine!

“rise & shine!”
said the moon....“okay, okay—
don’t rush me”

 

26. pilgrims

up and up the stone wall
pilgrims
marching for a greener earth


(zoom in)



 

25. feeling all alone?

mask everywhere
feeling all alone—
go hug a tree

 

24. tommy

no incense to offer
simply bowing
for all the troubled souls 

 

21. go tell it on the mountain

 

“God
is in 
the little things“

20. wings

between two trees
wings of a hawk
swooping