Can You Smell the Rain? (Poetry)

Filtered rays of light stream through dark clouds Is a storm coming? Beyond it, blue sky dotted with white cotton candy clouds. The juxtaposition makes me wonder. Will heavy drops of rainfall from the sky? Will there be thunder? Lightening? Can you smell the rain?

I am a cheer leader (poetry)

I am a cheer leader here to celebrate your victories creating the party. ~~~~~~~~~~ I am a cheer leader here with gentle support when the world offers only icy stares creating a warm soft place to land. ~~~~~~~~~~ I am a cheer leader offering kindness, creating space for you to be your best. ~~~~~~~~~~ IContinue reading “I am a cheer leader (poetry)”

Spring (poem)

Spring arrives in bits and pieces fits and starts one step forward, two steps back like a Chacha. Temperatures soar for a day or three then dive down like a bird of prey But then, little by little, all of the pieces come together! The scent of lilacs The sound of frogs and hummingbirds TheContinue reading “Spring (poem)”

Evening sky

The snow fell, wet and heavy Giving way to fog as temperatures danced above freezing. Mountain peaks hidden from view bathed in dewy moisture wait for the sun to return. Dots of blue sky, making a reappearance letting the mountains know the fog would lift soon.

Melk Abbey Austria

Another throwback from a 2015 trip. Overlooking the Danube, this was Home to Benedictine monks for around 1000 years. The renovation to the Abbey was funded by the sale of their Gutenberg Bible (sold to Harvard University) and completed in1996. It continues today through tourism and agriculture. Definitely worth visiting for the architecture and amazingContinue reading “Melk Abbey Austria”

Lucerne Sunset

This is a “throwback” from three years ago as it came up in my Facebook memories. There is beauty everywhere you look in Lucerne. But the magical moments as the sun sets reflecting on the water is otherworldly. Combined with the leafless trees and the purple gardens, this is a sunset I will always remember.