Tantalizing April

 ~ Tantalizing April ~

Cloud filtered sun

and a stiff little breeze

belies the warm promise

of mid sixty degrees

so I don a light sweatshirt to

sit on my balcony coffee in hand

in the quiet of the morning with

no one about  I gaze at near

tree buds soon to burst out

I dream of the summer, of

warm days to come and

spring flowers ready to

bloom in the gardens

all over our town

but the clouds cool the 

sunbeams, the wind

has its way while 

I slip back inside

to finish my day

JoMae

4/11/23

 

Weather Report

~ Weather Report ~ 

90º

a steamy hot day for the month of May

a day where it’s hard to stay awake

so it’s off to the kitchen for some

more caffeine, a stretch and

a pick-me-up snack then

back to my laptop, pay

some bills, answer

friends’  emails

write a while

and read

a day to preserve my energy. So

I’ll do what I can with online chores

and let roomba take care of the floors

saving ‘company touch up’ for tomorrow 

when it will be 10 or more degrees cooler

and I expect to have a little bit more steam!

JoMae

5/31/22

Sun Worship

~ Sun Worship ~

      - a reverie 

Ahhh. Still day. Warm sun on the front porch. Seems like I’ve been waiting for this all winter!  I’d intended to attend my zoom service this Sunday morning, but I’m soo hungry for this promised sunshine I could not turn away the blessing of this long awaited sun bath! It is heavenly and soothing. I’m basking in it’s warm hug. Seems like I’ve been holding my breath for months for such a time as this! My spot in the sun which my old cold bones are viscerally absorbing.

Tomorrow will be even warmer, but with rain - as so often happens before spring finally arrives.  Then the rest of the week we are back into the 40ºs and 50ºs.  I simply couldn’t miss this gift of the sun’s warm embrace - even for worship.  So in the stillness of this gorgeous day I’ll pray and worship in my own way and catch the recorded gathering later.  What a blessing all this is. And how rejuvenating!

JoMae

4/24/22

Dawn

Dawn's Early Light

~ When Morning Gilds The Skies… ~

I love dawn’s silhouette in early springtime, the

skeletons of trees when leaves have yet to form

against the lightening grey of a still quiet morn

when only birds and squirrels are stirring

awake and dancing on the branches

high in a distant tree against the

sky - above first daffodils

JoMae

3/30/21

Good morning everyone! I watched the world awake this morning and with the dawn came these few lines. Enjoy!