BACK AND FORTH

     The weather forecast says it will get back up to 100 degrees again this afternoon, but right now, it's a pleasant 78 degrees and the early morning breeze makes it downright pleasant to be here on the screened porch. I spend a lot of time indoors, breathing air-conditioning, for which I'm grateful. But mornings and evenings I do my best to spend some time outdoors, surrounded by greenery and feeling the gifts of time and space. I wish you could be here on the porch with me, but since that's not possible, I'll simply share a poem I wrote years ago, and invite you into this space:

 

Wrapped in a robe of sunlit silence

the armless rocking chair takes me back

to where I haven't been for far too long

moving in place, back and forth,

noiseless as the swishing of my tabby cat's tail.

 

Just five minutes earlier,

I was firmly wrapped in a relentless hurry -

barely past sunrise and already my plate was full

of projects, plans and unkept promises,

feeling sullen and surly

wondering how did it get so late so early?

 

This quiet moment

snuck over the threshold on soft-slipper feet

first catching me by surprise

now holding me as willing captive.

 

This is my Waterloo, and I surrender to you, little rocking chair

Feed your prisoner steamed brown rice,

one grain at a time

water my thirsty heart,

tear my well-planned day apart.

    

With joy,

     Rudi

PS

And a few personal invitations for those of you who want to get out and "do" something this Summer.

Please join me for these evenings of music as I share my passion for entertaining and enlightening, anytime, anywhere:

Saturday, July 22, 5:00 - 7:30pm, Barriba Cantina on the Riverwalk, 111 W. Crockett

Saturday, July 29, 7:30 - 9:00pm, Unity Church Coffeehouse, CommUnity Center, 8103 Broadway

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