farewell to phil

my search for something
has now come to nothing much
more than basketball

83F at 10 p.m.

it did not get hot
cold winter long forgotten
today the spring rolls

perverse

perverse what it means:
it's "per (through) verse (poetry)"
living poetry!
from a definition by Alan Watts
In My Own Way: An Autobiography

sun then rain

yesterday sunny
today scattered thunderstorms
the Buddha says same, same

admitting faults wise

admitting faults wise
defending our faults betrays
very unsound mind
-- Sutra of Hui Neng, haiku version

flow with the go

Peggy Radcliffe, brush on paper

flash flooding coming

Chuang Tzu says go with flow

practice treading water

the geese of ginsberg

Peggy Radcliffe, brush on paper

geese fly when they fly

and they walk when they walk and

they die when they die

working mother

Photo by Peggy Radcliffe (Nikon CoolPix)

mother duck busy

getting ducklings in a row

her job never done