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.
Life Takes Over
Sometimes…Life just takes overlike a speeding carwith a stuck acceleratorAnd , then I breatheHere is the apex momentwhere the choice arisesFight in fear and angeror surrender to GodAnd, then I breatheCentering in being and doingwhat I am guided to doAnd life takes...
Spirit Wind
Like a wisp of smokeon the wind My prayerslifted into Spirit Only to manifest as rainbows in my heart
Beautiful Feelings
Feelings rise up and outcharging forwarda herd of wild horsesBest expressing the beauty of their existencewhen running freeunhampered by judgmental fences • • •Unconditional loveflows like watertakes on the form of its containerI am an open faucet…
Frosty Gaze
Morning frost biteven as it decoratedevery leaf and tendril • • •Lake choppy laternow dark and stillWater smoothing cornerswherever they threatenedwith its chill countenance• • •Heart awakenedby hooves tramplingregained composureas gaze partookSnuggled deeperin the...
Points of Light
He had his way of doingand she had hersLike stars in the nightthere were points of lightwhere both ways intermingledTolerance and lovesolved the restexcept those few that required a good dose of humor
Mock Turkey
Mock turkeyhiding in the grassAs his wattle wiggles‘neath white beard and red hatPretending to be what he is notMocking the peopleand their eating beliefsthat they were taughtMerry thanks to you…
Joke Bubbles
Joy!welling up like the laughafter a slow joke bubbles up from my centerA never ending artesian wellfrom Spirit…
Private Places
The cobbled walkwaytraversed the gardenand ended in private placesWhere big blue containersceramic and overflowingwith brilliant red geraniumssat spritely next to old wooden benchesNear the tiny stoopsin front of ancient wooden doorsThere the brightly coloredspeckled...
Daily Delights
Pineapple guava aka feijoaA delightful surprisejust showed up one dayLife is full of delights like thatThey just show up unexpectedlySo, enjoy the daily harvest of lifeas it keeps manifesting in your life
Crazy Old Coyote
Crazy old Coyote manslunk aroundhiding in plain sightWatching the silly two-leggedsas they danced their silly danceswith such serious faces• • • ○ • • •Crazy like brother foxhe slipped between bushesfull of his favorite berriesBehind moss covered bouldersno weight...
Spirit’s Time
Time managementis best handled by Spiritwho knows no timeYet all time is in perfectionFor what is timebut another expression of Love?
Incorrigible Joy
On the precipiceof discoveryWhere epiphany and sparkidea and imagination conjoinAt the apex of Spirit’s creative impulseThere you will findincorrigible joyFierce and undefeatableJOY!