She faulted him for his constancy. A lunchbox of a man thoughts and deeds, past and present, separated in small rectangular spaces
Archive for the ‘Love’ Category
Hungry
Posted in Love, Lust, Relationships on April 17, 2022 | 2 Comments »
Winter Solstice
Posted in Hummingbirds, Love, Moon/moonlight, Wind, Winter on December 21, 2021 | 2 Comments »
He spoke of watching the hummingbird bring soft fuzz and leaves high in the sequoia in the front yard. He watched it turn around and form it with its vibrating tail feathers and tiny humming bottom, circling like a dog before settling in, readying it for its mate. He told of the days that came […]
Why not?
Posted in Existential, Love, Writing on December 13, 2021 | 2 Comments »
Why not believe that the mouse fell in love with him? That despite the pull of this ardor, he exiled her for making too much noise, gnawing on the bookcases.
Being loved back / Un amor recíproco
Posted in Cerros, Guanajuato, Leaving, Love, México, tagged Cerros, Guanajuato, love on August 23, 2020 | 2 Comments »
The land loves us back. She loves us with beans and tomatoes, with roasting ears and blackberries and birdsongs. -Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013). Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants It is not enough to know I loved the land the cerros – too big to be hills, too small to […]
Shelter, Alone
Posted in COVID-19, Encerrado, Guanajuato, Isolation/Belonging, Love, Quédate-en-Casa, Yoga on May 13, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
The young couple just a few weeks into their love sheltered together the aged couple side by side so long they rarely speak out loud remained in, quietly children stayed home from school university students returned to their parents’ people sheltered with their dog, their cat, their bird their recipes, their baking supplies their Facebook […]