Bear Swamp Reflections: Christmas surprises

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Christmas surprises

6 comments:

Cindy said...: Susan, I hope your Christmas is magical and nothing short of wonderful. Enjoy your family! Happy holidays!; December 24, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Gone2theDawgs said...: What a great pic! Both cats and dogs probably think it's pretty great when we bring trees in with all that great outdoor smell! Have a wonderful Christmas!!; December 24, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Ruth said...: Enjoy, Susan!

My word verification: hanta; December 25, 2008 at 6:19 AM
Susan said...: Cindy, with five grandchildren around our Christmas is nothing but those nice things you wished for me!

I hope your Christmas is full of beauty and wonder. Merry Christmas!; December 25, 2008 at 6:43 AM
Susan said...: Tammy, I love that picture! It's actually from a few years ago and features Sammy, who is now our son's cat. We found him in a ditch on the side of the road when he was only about 10 days old. I had to bottle feed him until he was old enough to eat on his own.

Merry Christmas!; December 25, 2008 at 6:47 AM
Susan said...: Ruth, isn't it weird how the verification words sometimes eerily shadow the subject in the post? I've noticed that more than once. Hanta is a good one though!; December 25, 2008 at 6:49 AM

From Ruth~~For Lauren

The River and the Sea

"The river is within us, the sea is all about us . . ."

— T S Eliot (Four Quartets)

How does the river run within the sea?

Like the coyote, bounding deer-like

in the soy bean field last evening,

and behind him the honeyed sun

a young girl’s hair, cascading among

the trees. He distanced gradually

from the road we cycled, his body

now disappearing beneath

the shrubby, wavy green, now

reappearing in the bob and bounce

of a cork retreating from shore. Like

a dream. Like a secret stone that leaps

as the sun sets, an opal, a tiger’s eye,

to the horizon, until he and the sun are one.

~ruth mowry~

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For Joshua

The Albatross

Often, for pastime, mariners will ensnare

The albatross, that vast sea-bird who sweeps

On high companionable pinion where

Their vessel glides upon the bitter deeps.

Torn from his native space, this captive king

Flounders upon the deck in stricken pride,

And pitiably lets his great white wing

Drag like a heavy paddle at his side.

This rider of winds, how awkward he is, and weak!

How droll he seems, who lately was all grace!

A sailor pokes a pipestem into his beak;

Another, hobbling, mocks his trammeled pace.

The Poet is like this monarch of the clouds,

Familiar of storms, of stars, and of all high things;

Exiled on earth amidst its hooting crowds,

He cannot walk, borne down by his giant wings.

~Charles Baudelaire~

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Christmas surprises

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