Who knew they were a big reason I could breathe — Trees have had a major role in human history. Two trees in the Garden of Eden were particularly noteworthy. One, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, played a part in the first sin. The other, the tree of life, was lost with paradise. But we live with…

Koinonia Prompt #3 Fresh — Fresh fruit, fresh vegetables. Not from a grocery store produce department or a local farm stand. Fresh to me will always mean directly from a garden, orchard, or growing wild in the woods or meadows. Berries picked from the bush or vine, apples taken, eaten off the tree. Tomatoes from…

sunlight for gardens the moonlight for whippoorwills starlight for wonder wind whipping branches clouds roiling leaves flipped skyward summer thunderstorm rabbit poised silent has hopes the hedge conceals her but waits to explode two trees together branches so close they caress conjuring banshees cloudless winter sky myriad stars pale full moon frostbitten fingers robins then tulips before the snow thaws fully mark spring’s arrival

Sometime in the distant future on a far away some day I’ll close this laptop one last time put pencils, pen, and phone away. I will finally have written each self-therapeutic poem and shared every single memory of my country boyhood home. No longer will I feel the need to point…

When generosity instead of greed prevails —

And the cattle that lived there — It’s gone now. Has been for years, decades, truth to tell. I visit it, though via the highway of my dreams Last night was the latest trip I was in the stall Where Daisy lived (Daughter of Pansy, Mother of Daffodil- Daffy for short. — In the dream last night the…

a sunny blue sky a small white cloud floats beneath herald of coming change when I pray I hope that somewhere someone faithful prays for me as well

Give God all the credit —

Without this, your efforts are futile —