Friends and dear readers, see note at end of post, please..:)

She rode in on rare Castle Rock
air, head tilted toward a dream

vision voiced, bell-ring clear
& fate fixed
parched labor long now drawn
into life's rich, vibrant stream

refreshed and strong
purposed longings revived
foreseen off-on horizon's edge
will claim her frail albatross
triumphant,

tacit strength anew, knowing
she steers her own fortune
twinkle-eyed and amiss in bliss
(she held her gifts out of sight,
like stars aglow for midnight)

eye-espied,
she stoops to a broken stem
lifts life's trembling rose
engrossed
purses lips to bloom

misses not its message lost
in heart-felt gloom
boldly keep a keen eye
for far off storms approach -
keep adjuvant ear to ground
life being like that
will ferry no linger nor look back
she preens it

She is on a different track
at life's breach
where no man stands for long

worn reins in a pair of hands
a cry a sigh a heart expands
a steady steed he goes
to a place where no man knows
it set a steel-eyed course

for far off fertile land
where a rare wind blow
she stops
clear the air of heady thought
draws an eye over, high above Rock
to a glide pattern old Eagle Eye
plays to

catching fetching golden rays
soon to settle in its rest
far from eyes that stare him down
she, in wingless gaze task to test
with hope to rote
traces its glorious flight to nest

she owes no man quarter
she lives to give
reins the gain of many returns
her gifts lost on those who lack
life's bright and heady light
hidden in plain view
for those who know
innocence is soul sight

her purpose hands expand on Rock
the earth nods
rowing white waters the river sings
earth curtsies
follow her rhythm
congo-line
down to Sublime
no simple way to read her soul
than to walk through it

this, a soft-footed, brown-haired
lithe-limbed warble-voiced bird;
it is why the earth loves through her
hands, like panned gold
it is how she knows the silence
running beneath hop-scotched snow

she flows

self-taught to twinkle,
this one knows. . . .
no permanent perch
she learns, she flows
better to scope the swoop like Eagle Eye
harmonize her nest
she learns, she earns
with eye to eventual rest

there is a name for this
hidden within a miracle
hidden within a name.
do you hear it
you shall know it

sound of a clear clean heart
plum of nature's best
it's ridden the river
been put to the test
pools out a mind for all
who thirst, will drink
too deeply
for all life's hurt

will wear pain like a cross
love like a curse
fought in a breach left
where no man stands

She's of the Ancient Ones
she's one of the blessed
makes your life a purpose
as she makes your life a nest
purpose makes for perfect life
and she your perfect rest

This is a miracle
this, a name anew
This a miracle
the One who Calls for You



Copyright (c) 2007, JLD
Revised 01-01-08

*Formerly Ode to Maggie. Upon further reflection, I believe this tribute belongs to all women.

Well, dear readers and friends, I'm popping up on tblog once again. I've been gone too long. Too many adventures and walk abouts to go into depth here, but I'll unburden myself in due time, my friends, in due time. :)

I'm a long-time proponent of getting involved in the issues that most irk us - it helps to stave off the exploding head syndrome. heh heh I've come across a number of sites that float my boat enough to ask my readers to come aboard and journey with me. My favorite site for the moment is News Trust, and to paraphrase their online blurb, it's a citizen news service dedicated to good journalism online, featuring the best news from hundreds of trusted online sources. The best feature is that members rate the news stories on journalistic quality and this gives me the satisfaction of having my say about an article's veracity, balance and/or fairness. Another thing I like about News Trust is that I can choose between a quick review or a longer review based on the amount of time I can devote. Plus, it's one of the most well-thought-out and comprehensive interactive website's I've come across in a loooong time! SourceWatch is a website centered on government, Congress, and all things political, dedicated to citizen journalism that gives the member a way to furnish and/or correct information in the public domain. Chock full of information! I highly recommend Law.com and JURIST if you're an armchair lawyer. You'd be surprised how much information is offered on these 2 sites. OpenTheGovernment.org is a website coalition of consumer advocates, good-government groups, library groups, labor organizations, environmentalists and journalists who are dedicated to reversing the government's pattern of secrecy. OpenTheGovernment.org and People For the American Way Foundation released their new report entitled Government Secrecy: Decisions Without Democracy 2007, which shows how executive power has drastically increased while accountability has diminished. Lastly, it's my pleasure to once again point out the Sunlight Foundation, a website that makes it possible for citizens to learn more about Congress and their elected representatives, help reduce corruption, assist in demanding more transparency and accountability from government, and lastly, attempts to restore public trust in our governmental institutions using technology and "the power of the Internet" to accomplish these ends. Check out these sites. You won't be disappointed!

You can find the original post here ;)

Dear Friends,

I thought I ought to pop in here and explain my absence:

I'm Home at Last.  I'm Home at Last.  Sweet Jesus, thank you, I'm Home at Last!

Not that I have anything against MichiganSucks! but being away from home for half a year is a bit of a, er, uhm,  biatch, okay?    It'll take me a few days to unwind and unfold my arms and legs from their petrified position, then I'll be on a spider kill, brown well-water pipe flush (all the water in the toilets evaporated while I was gone,  heh),  a cycle of sickling waist-high weeds,  emptying the icebox of green rot, pitching out freezer contents because who knows if we had a long electricity outage while gone?, and on and on it goes.  So, please bear with me while I regain my sanity and secure the homestead before getting back into the rhythm here.  

Thank you, Friends! 

PuC