Most every work day for more than 11 years, I wrote a love note, poem or other inspirational thought, on a napkin – and tucked it in my husband, Marshal’s, lunch – a ritual of the heart. At the beginning of 2009, Marshal started typing them up. It became OUR ritual of the heart to share the Daily Napkin as a blog. Then, in October 2015, Marshal retired, so the whole dynamic changed. I took several months to re-evaluate and decide what I was going to do. The poetry of the napkin is now joined with my art and/or photography images. May you enjoy them. May they feed your spirit.
Organic Feelings
She tells her storiesWith big engagementEnsconced in the dramaRiding along the emotionsIt’s so realUntil the dayImmersed in silenceThe bliss overwhelmingDetachment was bornShe tells the storiesAs if, as ifDigging into the rich soilOrganic feelingsHarvested by wisdom’s...
Heaven’s Heart
I woke up this very morningwith a smile playing across my faceand a song singingin my heart of heartsWhile the melody of Spiritplays within mein this very momentmagic occurs, birds flyAnd the stars burnwith fervent passion for lifeever renewed, quickeningin the...
New Territory
In betweenthe words seeped infilling up the gapsPromised to become agatesjewels of wisdom quietin a thousand years or tenThe geography of relationshipa thing of beauty, at worstwhen observed from a distanceLooking at us from a 1,000 feet upthere is a landscape of...
Spiral Dance
The spiral of our soul’s pathTakes us ever nearer the centerThe one, the All we never leftMy life is a seriesOf circumstancesOn the spiral danceWe call Time…
Wild Heart
He was qualifiedto boast with his chesthis throat opened wideAs he called forth the WildmanLike fire through the veinsWith a voice so authenticit shook the veils between realitiesAnd landed gentlyon the cracked open heart
Energy in Motion
Emotion overtooklike an insistent force of NatureWhipping the hair aroundbanging on pots and pansin a blustery outburst• • •It would be work, they sayand so it is trueas the gut hurtas emotions flewAnd, afterwards, in the wakeas peace overcameand all wiped cleancrisp...
Peace Troubadour
** Dedicated to Pete Seeger, Truth Warrior and Peace Seeker **Ever and always the wise elderthe troubadour of peaceawoke freedom in our heartsand brightness in our stepsWhirling in rhyme friendlyand weaving words of wisdomhe led multitudesin a dance of dignitySimple...
Simply Incongruous
Some hairy clown in a tutustopped by to consolethe agitated hippo stuck in the mud• • •How can one describe thatwithout seeming absurd?Certainly some of life’s observationsare best kept impressed on the brain onlypaying silent homageto the appearance of reason and...
Blessed Rain
And the rains camewhen least expectedon the cusp of a slim chance- or was it no chance?Tiny wisps first appearedon the coattails of a wish and a prayerbeefed up by stormy emotionsthey clanged togetherThe banging ring of pot lidsgrew and gathered‘til hunkered all...
Gold Mining
Others may spota gleaming vein of your goldlong before you Still...It's up to youto work your own mine • • • Meanwhile, your spirit shineswhen you least expect Innocence peekingfrom sparkling youthful eyes
No Pedestals
No pedestals hereneither above nor belowbefore nor behind Simply two unique individualsside by side No pedestals hereand no glass case, eitherit's all rather simple You, mediscovering togetherWe...
Infinite Grace
Singing the gloryof all that life isDancing the bodyin time to the heartbeatAll is part of infinite Grace• • •May your day be filledwith pleasant surprisessprinkled with joyous encounters and punctuated with sweetmoments of peace