September 24, 2021

PATHS  THROUGH  THE  WOODS

 

As you pass through the woods,
as you path your way through life,
may every twist and turn splash
buckets and buckets and buckets
of green beauty all over you –
with gray blue mist above you –
surrounded by a symphony orchestra 

of birds and gulping and gasping water –
flowing and falling its way through
rocks – crevices – openings. Be 

careful of broken branches. Don't

slide or trip on dark wet earth – 

as you make your way through 

the woods – either on your way 

home or you’re heading down 

to the waters to the sea to see.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

September   24,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“Books of poems lying around are handy / For killing persistent irritating flies.”

 

 

Geofrey Grigson,

History of Him, 1951

September 23, 2021

 

GLASS  BOWL 

Sand, tiny twigs
of drift wood, a
few small pieces
of red rock – dirt,

dry, silent,  just
sitting there enclosed for
at least 80 years now –
not doing anything – no -  
not me – no way –
me aging – changing –
differing all through
the years …. thank God –

life never in a glass bowl.

 

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

September   23,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“It is not surprising that boredom – in human beings so often the mask of fear – is a problem in marriage as it is a problem in prayer.”

 

Monica Furlong,

Christian Uncertainties, 1975

 September 22,  2021

WELCOME

September   22,  2021

 

 Thought for the Day

 

“Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.”

 

Susan Ertz,

Anger in the Sky