by Dawn | Mar 10, 2014 | self-improvement, Zen
I wake. Something’s not right. I’m annoyed with the world. I always wake happy. My glass replenishes. It should be at least half-full. It was the kind of dream where the world doesn’t work–not a nightmare, the type where nothing is as it should...
by Dawn | Feb 28, 2014 | Zen
It’s cold outside. The kind of cold I’d bottle and save for July. I’m outside with no coat and untied shoes, starting my car so I can peel out of the driveway in five minutes. The engine protests. I jog back to the house. My hand sticks to the metal...
by Dawn | Feb 8, 2014 | Uncategorized, wellness, Zen
Pep rally day at school. Screaming teens with faces painted for war, and someone’s got a fog horn I just can’t catch. All day…The type of day teachers dread. Earplugs for everyone. I think this day keeps me young. “What are you WEARING,...
by Dawn | Jan 14, 2014 | simplicity, Zen
Seed catalog season. They started coming last month. I really should be planning the garden. I can virtually smell it around me… Wait, that’s compost. It’s been a couple weeks and a few feet of snow since I took out the compost. That little carbon...
by Dawn | Jan 3, 2014 | spirituality, Zen
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it determines the course of your life.” –Proverbs 4:23 This verse was posted in a New Year’s message in which I was tagged. I know it’s a Bible verse, but I’m going to calligraphy it all nice...
by Dawn | Jan 2, 2014 | Zen
He was standing in the living room, dressed in his best Fruit of the Looms. Seems the holes in guys’ underwear make a convenient location to holster a sword. He drew it with intention, staring me down swinging impressively. It’s tough to get sword training...
