~ converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation The foundational concept of the Enneagram personality typology system...

Poems From The Porch Stepping onto the porch feels like I’ve entered an avian party in progress. Everyone is chatting brightly, with the...

Poems From The Porch Two plump squirrels chasing each other up the water oak A pair of hummingbirds vying for breakfast Mockingbirds...

Poems From The Porch Photo by Sergiu Nista on Unsplash Good morning, tiniest of frogs! What has Spirit invited you to savor today? What...

Poems From The Porch I sit still and the whole world comes to me. I am serenaded by a symphony of sound: the soothing, steady flow of the...

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Musings of an Alonester, PART ONE photo by Susanna Marsiglia on Unsplash.com In September 2022, my beloved husband of 24 years was killed...

Poems From The Porch Photo by Cosmic Timetraveler on Unsplash The artist sees the beauty and caresses it with her pen, lovingly offering...

Poems From The Porch Iris and ginger lily fronds swaying in response to the caress of the breeze Morning air alive with the sound of blue...

Poems From The Porch The air is full of sound today– – bluejay, meadowlark, and mockingbird. Upright and supple, the young magnolia tree...

~for Darrell Poems From The Porch The poet sees deeper than the skin of things underneath the flesh of landscape peering into the flow of...

Poems From The Porch I've been here before many, many times – – a gray Louisiana morning, the whoosh of the wind, birds singing merrily,...

Poems From The Porch There is something about bathing in bird song that awakens Spring in the heart, and sunshine strong enough to cast...

Poems From The Porch Open and quiet A posture of curiosity Aligning with the potential of the present Letting go of the need to know from...

Poems From The Porch Rocking gently caressed by the soft strums of a guitar candle flame swaying with the tune fragrance of cedar and fir...

Poems From The Porch I did not make it happen. This is the significant truth to acknowledge. So, what role did I play? My agency was (and...

Poems From The Porch Lucy & Gatito (above) Do we ever open our hands completely? What does it mean to be a participant in change? I kiss...