One Deep Breath - "Unseen"

"Unseen" - The Poetry/Haiku



Hidden in the loch
swims in the deep dark water
a legend unseen

Weekend at the Grand Canyon

We are at the beautiful Grand Canyon for my first look in 10 years with my family. It is a late cool fall afternoon and hardly crowded. I am sitting in my power wheelchair creeping up to the edge of the Grand Canyon where there is a small fence to keep people from falling into the abyss. I am trying to get safely close so that I can see better since a lot of the areas of lookout is inaccessible by wheelchair. I am now looking at the canyon with my family and what is this , a man is squeezing in front of me blocking my view without even excusing himself! Hello, you are blocking a view of someone that was here first and in a wheelchair! What is wrong with people?
Anyway, still had a beautiful day at the Grand Canyon. No picture can ever show its beauty, and majesty.

Christmas Countdown

Mystery (Yugen) - The Poetry

overgrowth of weeds
the fog lures with a whisper
beyond the worn fence

Love you

I want to thank my husband of 26 and 3/4 years of loving and taking care of me. When I was first diagnosed with ALS 2 years ago I only showed a slight limp in my walk. Now I can hardly eat, nor walk or get myself up from a chair or toliet and cannot move myself in bed. The nights are hardest for both of us with me waking up every hour asking to be moved to the only 2 positions that I can sleep. Every night my beloved Husband gets up with every call and adjusts me and covers me up and adjusts the thermostat, since I am either too cold or hot, and gives me a drink. What a blessing. He takes care of me all day and runs the household, cooks, and works. If I didn"t have him I would be in a nursing home with nurses that smell of cigarettes, and I am sure they wouldn't come for ever call I made. Their would be indifferance and carelessness from some caretakers and this would be a nightmare for me. You see as I get worse I will become paralyzed by not being able to move, but I can still feel pain and discomfort on my body and my mind will be all intact. I will not lose any of my mental abilities.

I am so thankful I have a Husband that will and can take care of me through this awful nightmare we both are dealing with. Thank you sweetie and I love you more than I can express! .... suffering is made bearable by feeling your Love!!!

Simple Pleasures

Smell of the rich earth
in the cool morning air
after a hard rain.

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Creepy Advertisements from the Last Century

Countryside Haiku

Harvest Moon reflects

over the countryside

winter is not far behind.

















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Moon

Did you see the beautiful Harvest Moon this weekend? It was so large and bright coming up over the desert Mtns. that it did not look real. It was breathtaking.

Countdown to Christmas
Can't Wait?

How long 'til Christmas?
78 Days
3 Hours
26 Minutes

...But who's counting?

Sweet Serenity (Books) - The Poetry

Words onto pages
until you have created
stories of wonder

Ghost of Past

I made a mistake.

I moved away.

I left Denver for Las Vegas 6 years ago and built a new life.

I am now terminally ill and live in a city with inadequate medical care, and isolated from my family.
Except for my Aunt and my brother - the rest of my family is scattered emotionally if not physically from me . And each year, the realization has sunk in a bit more.

This is something I must let go, so that what I want doesn't tarnish what I have. It was incredibly unrealistic and selfish of me to think that the old life would wait for me. That time hadn't marched on everywhere.