waking up like an old man

Jennifer Thoreson

Some things I need—

Leaves that return in spring

Sunlight, moonlight

An evening breeze

A friend, a wife

The valley sees me here

And reaches up to me

Through thick soil

Hand in hand we walk

Time moves easy

Life is good

James Lee Jobe

If you have strong conpassion, strong respect for others, 

then forgiveness is much easier.

Dalai Lama XIV

I am visiting Putah Creek 

Where I set some of my son’s ashes adrift 

When the beautiful cry of a pheasant 

Rips through the air 

Cutting me like a fresh sorrow 

Every new day is another year of suffering

James Lee Jobe 

Quite the contrary

to what I'd thought, passing clouds

are sometimes simply

the moon's entertainment,

its lovely decoration.

Saigyō (1118-1190)

Morning fog, cold air 

Then sunny later, with weak clouds 

The Sacramento Valley wakes up like an old man 

The bed is warm 

He doesn’t want to get up 

But groaning, he does 

James Lee Jobe 

Keb' Mo' - Whole Nutha Thang

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James