A Different Christmas

What was different about Christmas for you?
This week held Christmas.
Whatever that holiday means for you,
I wonder if its essence was different this year.

Trusting Your Route

How do you trust your route?
How often are our paths winding?
Unsure, rough and gravelly?
Connection to next part unclear,
Yet arriving at place that
Is start of continuing journey.

Varying routine

What are you able to do to vary your routine?

Bob and I took another “loop” drive.
Our three-hour outing,
Started and ended in our own garage.

COVID Puzzle

What are you puzzling over in your life?

Most evenings, Bob and I work on a puzzle.
One end of dining table,
Covered with puzzle pieces.

Wishbone Wish

First time in years
I’ve rescued the turkey “wishbone.”
One of best things from meal is,
Broth from turkey carcass bones.

There it was—Wishbone,
Inviting me to wish.

Gratitude Day

What do you remember about your early
“Thanks and gratitude” day?
Thanksgiving this week.
I’m calling it “Official Gratitude Day.”

Weather Moods

How is weather affecting your mood?
Oh my, this warm week unlocked
Eager-to-be-outside joy!
I saw it everywhere I saw people.
Happy to be out, “doing.”

Shaking it up

How have you “livened” up your COVID life this week?
Let me think of that question for myself …
Stationary bike riding let me finish very good book.

Seeing Possibilities

Even though I knew
“Winter coming soon,” eight inches of snow, mid-October,
Grabbed my attention. Actually, whacked my sense of possibility.

New Challenges

What will you shift as cold weather settles in?
It’s not just when will temps drop
Rather, how soon constant below-freezing temps?

My Double Standard

It can be HARD to be flexible.
Sometimes even hard to be generous!
What helps you with frustration and impatience?

Nurturing Expansion

What have you “explored” recently?
Even though we’ve had MN as home for fifty years,
Seldom have Bob and I explored MN.