Entre Nous ;)
Just Chillin'...
by , 03-07-2022 at 01:42 AM (3353 Views)
Just chillin'... time for some hot cocoa and a fudge brownie!!
Another memorial/funeral service yesterday for a dear friend; was invited to give a 5 minute talk where I shared 2-poems I thought might be appropriate:
God's Garden
(Unsure who the author is and I added 4-more lines of my own at the end)
God looked around His garden
And found an empty place.
He then looked down upon the earth,
And saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering,
He knew that you were in pain.
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb.
So He closed your weary eyelids
And whispered "Peace be thine."
It broke our hearts to lose you
But you did not go alone…
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home.
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One more step upon the covenant path
Crossing beyond this earthly veil with grace
Re-united with those who've passed before
Your eternal companion rushed to behold your face
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“On Marriage” by Kahlil Gibran:
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.
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I say another memorial/funeral because there have been so many... not all due to the pandemic... Another service next week (sigh).
Starting to get caught up on what turned out to be a year's absence from all y'all. Missed you. Missing a few more voices from what I can glean quickly. Hope to contribute a little here and thar.
I've been enjoying our local poetry group, such creative souls they are! We're lead by a local poet laureate who has come up with some fun projects and challenges.
So, yeah, been busy with church and poetry and such.
We had another fire nearby in 2021 that grew into a monster nibbling at Lake Tahoe's heels. The Caldor fire. We were 12-15 miles away as the magpie flies at its closest and prevailing winds were in our favor. We have been warned that our area is now at risk for major fires year round.
Snowmagedon began Christmas day 2021. Many in our community lost main power for 1-2 weeks. We were fortunate to be out only 3 days and got by with a 5500 watt generator... most everyone has generators up here but many roads became unpassable due to the millions of downed trees (from the unusually heavy wet snow) which are still being cleaned up, and there was only 1-gas station for fuel... and it ran out at least once. Getting propane for many was a nightmare too.
My wife has serious pain issues still. While Snowmaggedon raged she stayed at my daughter's home for a week and fell. Latest is she has 2-bulging discs in her neck and a stenosis which is a sort of narrowing I believe of her nerves... that adds to an array of maladies she already had that keeps us both from sleep.
My friend, whom I was trying to help keep independent, had another stroke during Snowmaggedon, survived, but is no longer independent and now in a long term care facility under his family's direction - which is for the best. I try to visit once a week... 24 hr Covid negative test - check; Covid shot - check; Booster shot - check.
Cut the cord on TV a while back. Maybe too prematurely as our internet here where I live in the Gold Country is terrible. DISH network wanted to raise our bill $50/month after having been a customer for 2-years. Since I already had NETFLIX and Amazon Prime I dumped DISH and added Disney+. So, we are streaming on smart TV's and it only takes 2-3 times as long to watch a movie (due to buffering)... when we have internet... which I think is a fine tradeoff. Maybe getting worse internet (satellite service) due to the sun's activity.
My health is ok, but I've gained back most of the weight I had lost prior to the COVID age... which is considerable.
Just a lark, if you will, of another of my poems recently:
New assignment: My *ekphrastic expression of a piece of Art on the Divide... a hen
* (”Description” in Greek. An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art. Through the imaginative act of narrating and reflecting on the “action” of a painting or sculpture, the poet may amplify and expand its meaning. )
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"it is impossible to imagine eggsistence void of any intelligence." - Kedar Joshi-Magpie
the eggsistential hen
"eggsistence was not only absurd, it was plain hard work." - Charles Bukowski-Magpie
; provided a roost and nesting box lined with daily fresh hay
I lay my eggs day by day by day by day...
"any eggsistence deprived of freedom is a kind of death." - Michael Aoun-Magpie
; an open coop by day to range free if I desire
yet I come gratefully in by dusk latched in to keep the beasts away lest I expire
"In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans; in one aspect of you are found all the aspects of eggsistence." - Kahlil Gibran-Magpie
; precious is the water daily provided
supplemented by rain and snow wholly not unrequited
"eggsistence must be asserted in the present if one does not want all life to be defined as an escape toward nothingness." - Simone De Beauvoir-Magpie
; with scratch and feed ever at my beak and claw
I seem to want... want for nothing at all
"eggsistence for eternity could get a little boring... especially towards the end."
- Woody Allen-Magpie
; for exercise there's a rooster who struts about the yard
whose cockscrow reminds us daily to henpeck him without regard
"eggsistence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece."
- Vladimir Nabokov-Magpie
; 'tis said my eggs are highly prized - much above the rest
sold at market to families whose victuals are daily blest
"eggsistence would be intolerable if we were never to dream." - Anatole France-Magpie
; and yet I dream, just once for a brood of chicks to nurture beneath my wings -
just like the good book says of Him for whom the angels sing
"eggsistence always helps those who live in tune with their nature!" - Ramana Pemmaraju-Magpie[b]
; still I know I must produce the eggs our keeper has in need,
else end up in the pot myself... Godspeed!
"eggsistence itself is nothing if not an amazement. Good poems restore amazement."
- Jane Hirshfield-Magpie
; this poem was lovingly crafted and inspired from a piece of Divide art
praying these *tidings have given voice and done their merry part!
*tidings (rare) a group of magpies (lol)
2/17/2022
Hoping you've found the peace you so desire...
Entre Nous,
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
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