impotence

impotence

‘The groundwork of absolute surrender to God is absolute impotence.’   What a way to start a blog, a story! Such a harsh statement; impotence seeming such a very final and painful condition.   Then I lived it in my reality. No (my) house. No (my) car. No...
Week one~!

Week one~!

Week one: Okay, so we’ve ventured into week three already, and I am playing catch up a bit, but in truth I had to digest all that came my way in week one, and work through week two, before I could settle into it all and find a place to best share it with all of you...
Essence of Eucalyptus

Essence of Eucalyptus

Essence of Eucalyptus   I’d buy it in bottles Tightly sealed essence Popping open to inhale the rich, Pungent scent Reminiscent of Northern California Childhood   Costly little quarter ounce containers Of memories And remembers   I get it here Wafting...
Wonder where this beam will take me~

Wonder where this beam will take me~

‘Looking along the beams, and looking at the beams are very different experiences.’   Patrick and I went swimming this evening; in the Pacific Ocean. From the breakline of a white sandy beach. Just where the Indian meets this Pacific. In Australia. We went...
Hong Kong

Hong Kong

I expected different. I expected to feel lost, altered, maybe even frightened or bewildered. But I’m not any of these things. And neither is Patrick. Hong Kong could be Chicago. Or Baltimore. Or Seattle. No more strange. No more foreign. And no less 🙂 It’s...
Right now, courage is counted in ounces~

Right now, courage is counted in ounces~

I awoke at 2am; not unusual. Tucked my pillows under my arm and rolled from bed with a much needed call for courage; ‘This is the day the Lord has made….’ This is the day ‘my pillows’ are no longer mine. This is the day my feet hit the...