January 31, 2010
Grand Tremor

Island nation shakes and crumbles. Some say why, and lie. Some wonder what or how. Some blame God; some see God. Some just go. Mercy me! Yes, mercy ME.

The moment comes
Must be a fault somewhere
Hell in living color

January 30, 2010
Snohomish OBE

Sometimes useful acronyms emerge - OBE in military-speak is overcome by events. Wednesday supposed to fly to FL, but my overcoming event was too much travel. Friday supposed to drive to Memphis, but they called it off, due to ice and snow. I like being OBE, because I am stuck home in white ice – Snohomish I think.

White winter ice
Precipitous road closure
Civilization rests

January 29, 2010
Philly Unlikely

She calls to say it’s time to marry him after 10 years - my dad heart leaps. Making plans now for a summer Philly union. My advice - please talk to this recommended reverend near you, who offers good stuff. What’s this e-mail; come to a conference 5 miles from her, the reverend, and church? 1500 miles away - no accident here! Not a chance in a million.

Christmas home guest
Loretta comes to stay over
She never had one

January 28, 2010
Leaders becoming

Another conference about what’s wrong. Why can’t we fulfill our destiny? Start here: the problem is “out there”. Wait now, isn’t it always first about something “in here”? I discover trouble getting past the heart condition of those who want to lead others. It starts with me, even before it is us, let alone them.

Inspirited inspires
Whole-hearted the healer
Snake oil toxic

January 27, 2010
Rocky rocks

Seattle bound in summer. Big - big guys with big plans, big houses, big wallets, and big love for others. Build a city - Zoe for life. Unleash digital power for good and God. I thought it died; no just dormant. Chapter next, right now…

We flew headed west
Summer cruise in Puget Sound
God knows the point

January 26, 2010
George

He is a listening antenna for the Creator. He draws the unknowable out from within others. When it emerges, healing commences. Second sight enables him to cut straight to the core of the wound. Surgery happens; a scalpel in the hands of the Master.

Listening well and deep
Mining for truth; grounded in love
Soul miner @ work

January 25, 2010
The Old Girl

Parked the car to get lunch. Who is the jerk blaring on the horn??? Whoops - it's my old deaf dog in the driver's seat! Best of all, two women watched, wheezing with laughter. They waited for my return, hoping for an encore.

Seventeen an old dog
Countless blessings unconditional
Pure love as designed

January 24, 2010
Buck Nekked

Come be our guest at the hotel spa. Leave your clothes here - yes all of them. Gathered hundreds of natural Korean men, and then there’s me. You have a special treat (oh no) for me??? Sanded raw, scrubbed squeaky, chopped, pounded, oiled, and tenderized. Nothing missed; nothing private. Beat like a drum for the crescendo. It was amazing…

No Fear (of water)
Prison disguised as comfort zone
Die safe and stifled

January 23, 2010
North to South

Nineteen-fifty Korea – the farmer family slips to the secret ship escaping tyranny. Six children onboard, then the ship leaves abruptly. Mother, father and baby cry as they watch ship leave. She tells him “You go now - take care of them!” He swims the icy water and is pulled aboard. They never reunite; father never remarries. Sixty years later, brother wonders if baby sister still lives.

Together a farm family
Prized apples raised for fall harvest
Split like an axed melon

January 22, 2010
Stop Hunger Now

Twenty five thousand will die today of nutritional poverty. One dollar buys four life-saving meals. One million blessed commit one dollar daily through sustained sacrificial giving? Imagine ending starvation for many of the world’s poorest. Imagine massive food banks staged and readied for global disaster relief. Don’t only imagine.

Tick tock tick tock die
Cappuccino grande light please
For you a dirt cookie

January 21, 2010

Winter Temple
Cameras snap while tourists cluster to view the ancient place. Bare trees line wet walkways leading through the King’s guardhouse. Buddha gleams but can not heal.

Grill smoke rises
Bent old peasant woman sells
Hot chestnuts in winter

January 20, 2010
Korea

Nashville, Atlanta, Seoul, Ulsan, then Gyeongju City. The hosts wear dark suits, Asian men full of faith and soul. Bring us a message, we are listening. Whose plan is this – mine or God’s?

Invited far away
Winter crisp in ancient city
Find out why later

January 19, 2010
Plan A and B

Plan A; twenty-four hours and three flights to get there. Missed the first flight, so I miss them all! Plan B takes forty hours, and I know what happened. I wonder what didn’t happen in plan A?

Cold fog obscures
Flight ceases; two chances missed
Roads not traveled

January 18, 2010
Going therefore

Five airports, forty hours, ten thousand miles, and now without luggage! Men and cultures meet to conspire against human suffering. Why does a western Caucasian desire quiet meditation? Why do his Asian friends get it?

Bleak harvest no food now
Feed them. Feed them. Feed them now.
Autumn soul feast follows

January 17, 2010
Connor

The boy dove in with the others, except he hit bottom. His head lives, near to a deaf body. Oh, the parental pain of it all - take me instead of my son. Dad tells God “it hurts.” God says “I know.” Dad says “my son has lost his life!” God says “I know that feeling as well.” He says “it hurts.” God says “I know, come here to me.”

Summer camp with friends
Cool liquid lake hides harm below
No answers here. None yet

January 16, 2010
Dating Up

The young man struggles, be she sees noble goodness. The right woman invites a man up to her heart. Senior scholar picks a sophomore shuffler. A few know she chooses wisely.

Spring brings dates
The communion dance for mates
Handsome tux and gown

January 15, 2010
High Country

Alpine meadows and virgin lakes - get here only on horseback. National forest surrounds a five generation homestead. Hey Dad, do you have a big adventure left in you? Does a wild bear skip the outhouse?

No frills and flushes
Just as it was for cowboys
No whining you wusses!

January 13, 2010
New from the Edge

Lost in the deep jungle. See the clearing, near the cliff edge. My security in obscurity; my rescue in exposure. Come out now..., yes you, to the edge of life. See the jungle from the clearing now. Dare to expose for rescue.

Deep rain forest hides me
Safe undercover and unseen
Expose to knife edge

January 12, 2010
Tazered

The neighbor knocked - wonder why? We started to become friends. He's a concert equipment roadie. Late for a gig, the cops found him in a rage. One; two; three zaps - dead. She asked me to give his eulogy at the sound studio. Pony tail guys wept; so did I; so did God.

Caught him one day
Blowing my fall leaves away
without asking

January 11, 2010
No Fooling

He asked for $12.35, and for my address to pay me back. A good enough story, indeed! I could a) drive away, b) give with concern, or 3) give it freely. I did.

Frozen car towed away
Who will help, or who will know?
Death stalks in safe bets

January 10, 2010
Revered Back Then

They all looked up to him until he walked out with her. His miss messed everything up. The house is now a perfect home for his loved ones. Lemonade happens.

My snow tracks show two!
The hunted fox now follows me
Watching from the hill

January 9, 2010
What if?

These two words consume. So smart - figure it out; consider all the options. Analyze; study; evaluate; measure - need more info! Incapacity happens.

Sink to quiet still
Deep the knower knows
Yields the Spring

January 8, 2010
Weak

Long walks became medicine. My hearing improved from near deaf; my spirit from near death. The message was disturbing: KNOW that you are incurably weak.

Crunchy grass frozen
Frost weed sculpts ice ribbons
Cold the teacher

January 7, 2010
Low Flight

Ripped air blasts still treetops. Five hundred knots low and loaded. To the target; bombs away...

Pulled trigger wounds
Inside and out
Inhale love

January 6, 2010
Waiting Note

Hooded monks in winter brown. Friends toast in the reading room. A secret note hides in an old book. There it is.

Still pool reflects
Quiet desert heals
Running brook babbles

January 5, 2010
Hitchhiker

Swerved impulsively off road to pick him up with an empty gas can, on his way to a drug deal - must be nuts. A comment sparks mutual interest. Paths cross; lives converge; nothing is ever the same.

Impulse brings bad grief
She scolds be safe careful strait
Risk springs sharp new life

January 4, 2010
Get wise

Data and stuff become information. Learning and experience become knowledge. Insight and discernment yield wisdom. Get it.

Too much info
What to do with what I know?
Wisdom reigns – get it.

January 3, 2010
Pay gift forward

Bought it for me. Did not open or use. Gave it to friend #1 who uses it. Got same gift from friend #2. I use it now. Friends #1 and #2 were friends before I met either. Neither knew I knew the other.

Some fat chance uh-huh
Some things just happen random
Bull shit - it was planned

January 2, 2010
Wrong or Important?

Makes my blood boil – what’s wrong is everywhere! Let me count the ways… I am in Wrongville trouble, because my focus is my center. Now I strain to see what’s wrong through the prism of what’s important. There now…yes. Much better.

Broken badly now
Fix it, fix it, fix it now
Whoops - does not matter!

January 1, 2010
Keepers of the same.

She hates change. His worst nightmare is anything different. They are inertia incarnate. Don’t mess with same, unless you want a fight. They would rather die than grow. And you, what now?

Erosion does its work
Deep and grand the river slices
Spring explodes overnight