May 22, 2025

I miss the Bog Garden. 
I lived about a mile away
for about 13 years,
and moved away in 2013.
And don't need to go back.

I'm funny that way.
That was then, this is now.
I don't go back.
One of my favorite idiosyncrasies.
Which I do not understand,
but I recognize and honor
as a "Me Thing."
It is Who I Am.

There are things I do 
and things I don't do.
Things I am,
and things I am not.

I know where my lines lie.
That is one of the things 
I like best about me.
Knowing where I stop and start.

Don't try to get me to change 
the oil in your car,
or to go horseback riding with you,
or go dancing with you.
Or swimming.
The list is long. 

I enjoy sitting looking out the window.
And asking questions.
And walking around,
looking for what catches my eye.
I have an abundance of curiosity.
And patience.

My favorite thing is to sit
in emptiness/stillness/silence
awash in the things that arise within.