JUST BECAUSE

Photo by S. Auberle

What words could possibly do justice to this image? Just because these fish exist, that's all that's necessary, just because, somewhere, they exist...

SUNCATCHERS

Ceiling by Dale Chihuly

Like stained glass,

aging women--

strong to the touch,

tempered by fire,

poetry still

in a certain light.

Yet there is fear

of approaching night,

the muting of colors,

that day we will shatter

in a thousand shards...

At eighty my mother said

life is not just about holding on

rather, finding joy

in what remains--

suncatchers in a child's room,

all those dazzling pieces of glass

dancing with the light.

~ mimi

WEDDING SONG

Photo by S. Auberle

cardinal wedding song

snow sliding off the roof

forty days till Spring...

~ mimi

BBRRRRRR

Photo by S. Auberle

Two below zero this morning, windchill 20 below. Winter is getting long. Woke up with the bug that everyone around here has, so I made a pot of chicken soup which probably has absolutely no medicinal value, but smells delicious. So I'm hunkering down on the couch under the green wool blanket and watching the cardinals and housefinches, all in their fancy nuptial plumage. They know Spring is coming, and they're gettin' ready for their brides. ..

WINTER IS

Print by S. Auberle

Winter is

a white cat

stalking

in the snow...

~ mimi