Stamford news - Curley's diner

Many have said that there has been little good coming from the current mayor, but i will say that i have found a significant one.
two sides of the fence that encircled Curley's diner has been taken down.
This was put up as an act of punishment for not selling out to a new development and it caused many problems for a long time for the establishment. but it is gone mow and I am glad!

Days of rememberance

Tomorrow is Memorial day,
a day to remember those who died.
My mom called earlier in the week,
to remind me that it was the day my dad had died.
I know it is important to her, the day he dies,
but for me, it is all the days that he lived.
He fought in the World War, but he survived
and lived a long and interesting life.
It is that life that i remember, not the moment of his death.
My mom, i understand,
remembers the day she was left alone.
it is important to her.
But with me.
the same will be for her,
when she goes,
i will remember her life....

It's Sunday

But it feels like a Saturday,
this is how the week was.
Moving to fast,
being to busy,
full of confusion.
yesterday is a blur,
i was not a t work,
but the sticky strands stayed with me.
Today is peaceful,
it feels like Saturday.
It is quiet.
I am quiet,
the neighborhood is quiet.
and we still have one more day to go of this long weekend!

Back to the Garden

A little dry post here today.
What would you think the most difficult thing to do in the garden is for me?

Squatting or knelling down?

Planting the plants?
Picking weeds?
Standing up?
watering?
No, its moving myself between the rows so i do not crush anything.
My balance is very, very bad and i have sticks forced into the ground so i can grab on and not fall down, killing everything!

Of course, i was working in the garden today!

the heart and mind

My heart and mind live in opposite worlds,
yet they co-exist.
My heart says this problem will pass,
my mind says to learn to live with it,
They do not fight,
there is room for both.
They are not contradictions,
for one gives me hope
and the other life,

After a particularly rough week

Many, many challenges at work and i go home and perform the most challenging thing of all...
i work in my garden...
Walking in between the rows is difficult, standing upright and then bending down is tough, but i love my garden!
It is worth it!
In a few days we will have lettuce, we all ready have chives and oregano and cilantro.
It is worth the challenge!

in my head

The thoughts in my head are loud,
they overwhelm the outside confusion,
the outside noise,
the outside misdirection.
I do not always speak those thoughts,
or write them down,
but they are there
and they are not silent.
They are not voices in my head,
they are my own thoughts,
looking deeply into my heart,
looking and what needs to be done,
at how it should be accomplished.
The world is a busy place,
creating distractions
and mis-directions
and wrong turns,
but it no longer influences me,
my thoughts are too loud.
I know what i want,
what i seek from each individual i meet.
It is not hard to find,
but most try to hide it,
behind facades of want and desire and need.
I think i know how to find it.
I think i have found it in each person i meet.

And there is peace.

A full moon rises,
creating chaos,
but not in me.
I am tired of the struggle,
but i will not give up.
I am tired of being tired,
i will not give up.
i struggle,
i go on,
finding new meaning in life each day!