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Peace Camp

 


Peace ☮️ 🏕 Camp

If you ever wonder 

whether peace can exist 

in a diverse world, 

visit a campground! 

On campsite 72 

in Tugaloo State Park 

along the shores 

of Lake Hartwell 

this morning, 

birds and dogs and people

have lively conversations. 

An artist’s palette, 

colorful birds 

sing out in varied calls 

to greet the day.

All sizes and breeds of dogs 

from pampered spa types 

to those ruff at the tattered coats 

ask and answer.

People of all 

races, religions, and income brackets-

as likely to occupy a pup tent 

as a motorhome – 

dwell side-by-side, 

exchanging stories and hacks, 

sharing food and firewood. 

If you ever wonder 

whether peace can exist 

in a diverse world, 

visit a campground! 

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Seam Ripping

 

Seam Ripping 

I remember learning to sew. You were so patient, teaching me to stitch seams on the machine and to hem by hand. Zippers were out of the question too hard for me at eleven years old, but I did manage buttons and sash ties. I remember getting so frustrated one time – I couldn’t make the terry cloth shorts work; I’d sewn the wrong pieces together and I was in a crying fit about having to rip the seams out. 

I threw the lime green shorts down and stormed off to my room, burying my head into my pillow. You didn’t follow as I expected you to do and it taught me that if I were going to succeed with anything, I had to learn to deal with mistakes along the way. Sure, it taught me to pick up the pieces when they fall apart at the sewing machine, but it transferred to other areas of my life. Now, when mistakes happen,, I plan a course of action, get out my seam ripper, and work on fixing it.  
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Reasons

 

Still inspired by Kevin’s one-sentence slice! 

Reasons
Do our dogs get all tail-waggy and lose their minds when we start loading the camper because they enjoy a crackling fire pit, or is their joy – like mine of a picnic basket – not the grapes and cheese but the thrill of spending cherished time together, of turning our eyes toward each other instead of our screens?



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Back to the Grind

 

Back to the Grind 

And just like that, we slid in our slide-outs, hitched up the Outback, and abandoned our tranquil campsite haven to slip back through the wardrobe to a world of work and deadlines……until next weekend! 



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Springtime Smiles

 Things that Made me Happy on the First Day of Spring

a hawk swooping into a tree on our campsite 
a long walk with the dogs
a picnic at the top of the falls at High Falls State Park
a family playing colorful parachute ball
turtles sunning themselves on the rocks at the bottom of the falls just beyond the rapids 
a son and his dad flying a kite 
baby fingers on the pine trees 
reading in the sun with my sherpa-slippered feet propped up
the Lionel Richie weekend radio songs
a grilled salmon dinner with my husband 
Welcome Spring 2021! 

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A Star Haiku

  


A Star Haiku ⭐️ 

a twinkling pinhole
in the liner between earth
and heaven: Mom winks
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Churros

 


I tried a Random Word poem, inspired by Margaret Simon. I chose the book That sounds like Fun : the Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why you Need a Hobby by Annie F. Downs. My five random words are in bold.

Churros

Hangriness put me at one 
with the sizzling churros –
my heretical answer 
to workday stress comfort food, 
deep-fried flavor 
flourishing in the heat 
a hilarious irony of contrast.