Angelica, anise hyssop and agrimony…armfuls of herbs to dry and tincture and add to soup.
Babayaga and babushkas, watching over me.
Carrots, cabbage, and all those anti cancer foods I try to eat every day.
Dearhearts so far away. Dogs, always dogs.
Eyeglasses that seem to need prescription adjustments far too often. Earplugs because concerts are now always too loud.
Fennel and finches. Finery no more…comfort wins.
Gardens, goodies, groceries. Gobsmacked by how much I’ve changed.
Hair, where it used to be and where it didn’t used to be.
Incense, ink, innerwork.
Justice, journeys , journals. Jangly nerves, coffee long gone.
Kermit…I miss Kermit and the children I used to have who are now adults. I have adults.
Longing, love, loose ends always to tie up. Lasting friendships and those that have ended.
Money, mercy, moving my body and maybe my home. Making decisions.
Noise, near sightedness, noodling around with artwork. Never giving up. Now…being in the now.
Open to what will come. Options, opportunities, one sided conversations with myself. Oceans and how much I love them.
Produce, those glorious summer fruits. Panic and how it can overwhelm me. Pleasant evenings watching fireflies. Poppies…lots of poppies.
Questions, so many questions and so few answers. Quacks and my lack of patience for them.
Revelations, regrets, reconciliations. Roving the riverbanks in search of beauty.
Sleep and how elusive it can be. Suffering and how easy it is to get used to. Solitude and what a blessing and burden it is.
Touching and how I miss that. Tea…too much tea in my cupboard for one person!
Unguents, underclothes, undermined by this changing body. Understanding that it’s all workable.
Vaccinations, vacations, very anxious to see the family again.
Woodstove in my art room, waiting to keep me warm in winter.
X-rays and what they reveal of my teeth and bones.
Zenith…allowing that’s this phase in my life.
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