Spring comes slowly.... song birds hidden by the morning fog.... at night the peeper frogs sign their love song... but the chill air still carries their smells of wood smoke and the green has yet to return to the grass... in the beds hope rises with the crocus and daffodils and their promise of spring... namaste #Haiku #Calligraphy #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spring #PrinceEdwardIsland #gilgrimes

We are here........

Heavy fog hangs in the air, the outline of trees faint within the swirling mists that are moved by an unfelt breeze, yet the song of birds calling from the unseen land asking me to linger with them in this place where sight is short, asking me to lean in toward my other senses, toward my ears, my touch, my inner knowing.... stepping into my breath and into the birdsong I follow this path onward... namaste #haiku #calligraphy #meditation #mindfulness #trust #fog #sprintime #princeedwardisland #awake #gilgrimes

From this morning’s breakfast reading… We see the third choice people all around us. They are the zombies. They are comfortable in the meaningless jobs of the system. They choose not to die because the system needs them to perpetuate itself and they can therefore fit in. Chapter 1 of when society becomes an addict, the addictive system, page 17 Soon to be on the library shelf in the clinic #saturdaybreakfastreading #makesyouthink #thoughtful #addictions #addictedsociety #gilgrimes

Raindrops and birdsong greet my day, low clouds on the bay soften the lines and on the trees small buds can be seen erupting from the branches... in the distance the staccato cadence of a woodpecker’s breakfast echoes against the capes... springtime has arrived... namaste #haiku #calligraphy #Meditation #Mindfulness #SpringTime #Poet #Poetry #PrinceEdwardIsland #gilgrimes

Along the edge of the bay, the sunlight catches the western sky, deep pinks fading to violet blue, the rough edges of the pack ice light up as each piece seems to grab the sunrise with different fingers, the bay itself smooth shorn this morning by the windless night and the razor chill of the clear skies, gulls slide across it’s surface surprised by the slick footing, deep in the trees the woodpecker searches for a meal and the song birds stake out their nesting space with glorious melodies... perhaps winter has left for now... namaste #haiku #calligraphy #meditation #mindfulness #poetry #igpoet #poet #pei #princeedwardisland #spring #morning #birdsong #gilgrimes #gratitude

Within my heart a sadness settles, a feeling of loss, a feeling of absence, of a hole that has appeared... I saw the flames consuming the stained glass, turning away I noticed the sorrow, the feeling that was larger than myself, the loss of the soul of a city of light... and so I sit, head bowed so the tears can find their way to the earth... in time I will sit to honour all that has happened, all that will happen, but in this moment, feeling the sorrow and the suffering, I sit weeping for the world once more...namaste #haiku #calligraphy #mindfulness #meditation #grief #loss #tonglen #notredame #poetry #poet #gilgrimes

Rain taps against the windows, rivulets tracing crooked lines, the dripping sounds of the downspouts, across the bay the ice is changing, the dark water peaks through the cracks and here and there a channel is open... feeling the changes in the air, I feel the changes in my body as we all begin to wake and stretch into the spring... namaste #haiku #calligraphy #meditation #mindfulness #springtime #poetry #igpoet #gilgrimes

Afternoon sunlight, Reflections on the water, Falling into spring

Sunday study time, With caffè latte and pen, Sie studiert Deutsch