What is silence?
Something of the sky in us.
~ Ilya Kaminsky, from “Deaf Republic: 1,” Poetry
Notes: Poem – The Vale of the Soulmaking. Photo: John White with Blue Sky with small clouds (Eyre Peninsula, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia)
Category: Inspire
About right…
I love the dawn stillness (on Thanksgiving Day)
Quiet has many moods. When our sons are home, their energy is palpable. Even when they’re upstairs sleeping I can sense them, can feel the house filling with their presence, expanding like a sail billowed with air. I love the dawn stillness of a house full of sleepers, love knowing that within these walls our entire family is contained and safe, reunited, our stable four-sided shape resurrected.
~ Katrina Kenison, Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment
Notes: Photo: Mennyfox55
Driving I-95 S. Man on Wire.
“…In my own mind I’m a mirror. I see everything except myself. This way I can’t lose: even when broken, a polished surface reflects whatever looks in. – Rita Dove, from “Self-Portrait”
Scene: I-95, between Exits 7 & 8 in Stamford, CT. Morning commute.
Except for early morning hours, holidays, and snow storms, the scene is the same: traffic at a standstill for three exits.
I sit with hundreds of others in a sea of red tail lights.
There’s a flutter of wings, I shift my attention from Ahead to Up. Birds on power lines, lines crossing six lanes of I-95. Never once noticed these lines on my commute. Hundreds of passings? Thousands?
Why, sit on this line, on this highway?
Why, all sit on the same line?
Why here, of all places on Earth?
There’s a quick beep-beep behind me, a large gap has opened up in front.
I glance at the driver in my rear view mirror, give him a wave, and in the split second on my return to I-95, I catch Me in the same mirror.
The red tail lights flicker, traffic is moving, and Me along with it.
Yes, why?
Notes: Post Title taken from Philippe Petit’s “Man on Wire“
Guess.What.Day.It.Is? (54 sec)
Notes:
- “Happy Thanksgiving! Nessie and Baby got a special treat today! An ice block made of orange juice with frozen fruits and vegetables inside.”
- Background on Caleb/Wednesday/Hump Day Posts and Geico’s original commercial: Let’s Hit it Again