All posts filed under: Poetry

Meditation in Moments … The Meeting Place

Zipping Dipping Sipping Buzzing Humming Summer’s ambrosial nectar station now open for business. Summer here is off to a great start. Just as I was lamenting a couple of weeks ago that there weren’t any hummingbirds around yet, they suddenly appeared seemingly out of nowhere. […]

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Zunday Zen … A Tale of Two Cities

Just pause and ponder the world’s in disarray. Peace begins at home. The Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project in downtown Olympia, Washington State.   This project  was created in memory of Rachel Corrie, a young woman from Olympia. She was crushed to death in 2003 by […]

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Zunday Zen … Bee here Now!

rockin’ and rollin’ metallic green sweat bee dancin’ the pollinating blues Hard to believe, but until a couple of days ago I had never noticed these striking bees before. Or perhaps I saw them, but didn’t really see them. At first I thought that this […]

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Meditation in Moments … Down the dusty Alley

California poppies down the alley shouting at me loudly “Don’t forget to visit your home away from home” Sonoma County is, and always will be my home away from home. Spotting these bright orange California poppies made me homesick, and realized, that it’s about time to […]

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Zunday Zen … Virtual Winter Escape

My tropical paradise all but a distant memory retrieved for reprieve from the cloud.     It’s been almost a couple of years since our last trip to Hawaii. Taking our usual flight from Portland to Maui would have been a little quicker and slightly […]

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Zunday Zen … Breathtaking Autumn Farewell

Nature, dressed in layers, layers of colors, layers of texture, layers of light. Nature quietly changing, quietly returning quietly returning to the earth. Nature getting ready, ready to rest ’til awakened in spring.   These photos were taken about 10 days ago at the Oregon Garden […]

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Zunday Zen … Reflections

Flamboyant, yet peaceful. In-your-face colors. Brilliant reds, golden yellows. Glorious autumn sunshine. Twirling in midair leaves swirling, floating, landing softly down below in the dark waters. The dark waters of the Bosque… Reading the maple leaves, quietly pondering. Another year’s gone by As the wheel of […]

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Zunday Zen … As I lay Dreaming

Nebulous night sky Harvest moon’s radiant light Skying swirls in the paint. As I was drifting off to sleep the other night, the brilliant light of the harvest moon was painting the sky with swirly clouds and swaying tall fir trees outside my bedroom window. […]

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