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.
Daily Napkin for Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Raven squawkedand ruffled her tailcontemplating loudlywalking the landa lady in waitFeathers so dark and sombereven as she struttedwith life and wisdomDarkness implodedand struck accordRe-emerged the birthof light
Daily Napkin for Monday, January 11, 2010
Telling the storywith a bit of a flairselling the conceptwith every little detailThe theme builds ridgesgrooves in my mindtill I think one directionalone perspective all the time-----------------------------Rattling cages, shaking the storyDancing on housetopsA...
Threefer Year 3 joy
Opening his heartwith love for lifeand the world,little meadowlark sangjoyouslygreeting the brand new day
Year 3 Gratitude
She found that her gratitudecarried her out of any valley,healed the painof any situationShe became gratefulfor her gratitude
year 3
"Aw, gee," said little bug, "Why me?"Then he took upthe load he was givenand walked offtoward his destination
Daily Napkin for Thursday, January 7, 2010
Juicy sweet, anddripping down the chin,life just keeps on deliveringmore and more of the good stuffMmmm...yummers!Grateful, I am...for every morselfor each chewy bitfor this magnificentgift of life!
Pond Mirror
On the rock that dayby the pool, so stilland alive in unseen depths,the dragonflies rejoicedin meadow and fertile airOccasional plops and slurpsvibrated throught viscous silenceas there I saw my facein that magic miror...Without comment,turtle slowly shuffled by...
Daily Napkin for Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Integrationmind, body, feeling, and SpiritIntegrationall parts of my expressionpulling togetherevery part of my beinginto the one I've always beenIsolationof the single note with clarityringing out like a bellin the symphony of lifeIntegrous isolation in the...
Daily Napkin for Monday, January 4, 2009
On a path of steady changein an era of shifting scenestheir friendship was as sturdyas the colors lockedwithin one prism...Bring in the the light,let in the lightand the colors danceacross all surfaces...Yet, in the dark,where we cannot see --still, the colors...
Daily Napkin for Sunday, January 3, 2010
40 million ideas, no less,danced around in his headJust waiting to slidedown into consciousness...Whoopee! The Epiphany Ball
Daily Napkin for Thursday, December 31, 2009
Taking stockof happy thoughtsand other implementsof filling a full lifea smile here and afterThen satisfactory milestonesand the pleasant markingof new territory covered throughoutWe stalk with gratitudeand unconditional loveas we head outtoward unexplored horizons
Daily Napkin for Wednesday, December 30, 2009
White spoton the grungy wallwhere long it hungin silencethe sentinel of sanityignored for the most partyet it held up the boneskept the heart pumpingheld space for the light