We all know we moan and bemoan the variety of sometimes excruciating weather conditions, as much as we embrace the heavenly grace of warm and tender winds and effervescent skies. We are sometimes quick to embrace the onset of one season, but often then impatience sets in, and we find ourselves wishing the arrival of [...]
Life is not that difficult. All I have to do is find a way, To keep my mom entertained, And woaaah….jackpot! Attention! Laughter! Even squeals of delight if I am really spectacular! Praise! Rompin,’ stompin,’ hours of play, And believe me I can frolic with the best of em! Oh, but it gets better. The [...]
One of the promises I have made to myself to sustain places of harmony within is to have fresh cut flowers illuminate the space that surrounds me. I am quite sensitive to my immediate surroundings, and often times a simple gesture of care toward my environment will change how I perceive my world: within and [...]
I don’t know if you saw me, Standing on the edge of your forest. You were gazing deep into something, sullenly, or perhaps solemnly, sadly Or then again, maybe even wisely. Oh what a beautiful, old sage You are. And I think painfully so. The skeletal enchantment Of your story, Still whispers me to [...]
He sat by the foot of the mountain. His eyes closed, his heart open, his mouth breathing in the fragments of sea dust that were clinging to the last moments of the day. He had traveled far only to encounter the mountain once again. His age was impenetrable, his mind still and set. He gathered [...]
© Vivianne LaRiviere It was a simple day, with simple rain. Spring. Easter. Light. Believers and non, for dinner. Called. Light. Rain. Easter. I stared at you for a long time, through the window. Light Rain. Easter. I still don’t understand how you are able to fashion the voice of the heart – on the [...]
There are not many workshops happening these days. There are not many phone calls being made, brochures being handed out, or contacts being addressed. However, there is a harkening sense that yet a deeper life awaits. The muses have taken hold of me like the ripples of autumn water. And so I write and sing [...]
‘Tis the midpoint, A day of sparkle And yet darkness succumbs to our early hours. We may feel caught between the shadows, But maybe such a beguiling place to be For trickster may dance, The autumn clouds may hover, Offering us the blessings of saints, sinners And respite. Call us. Dance us in. Prepare the [...]
And brisk my heart speaks To the innocence of your name. Your breath, the dew of word And witness of my soul, Caressing the delicate darkness of innocence. And yet, where be you When the true night unfolds? Shivering in the lament of the autumn’s dusk, I wish you kindness and affection, As you shed [...]
Walking with the dog in the pasture behind my house, taking pictures of the dew, I hear some sort of rustling. I turn to see a charming bird, hopping about gayfully, priming and singing amongst the frost tipped leaves adorning the side of the shed. Of course my first instinct is to take a picture. [...]
