Another calendar year passes; another cycle of the seasons as the light returns with each day. January 22 is a winter full moon and so the cycle continues!
So many new and exciting happenings in my life have occurred! I dedicated December to friends and family as so many do. Isn’t that a wonderful tradition? It’s very rewarding when one finally learns to let go of the pressures and enjoy the present with good food, warmth, holiday lights, and flickering candles shared with those you care for and have known forever or with new acquaintances.
Some good news: I have been awarded a modest grant from the local arts council to compile my 20 plus years of poetry and to record a CD of combined spoken word spiced up with my flute solos! Isn’t that lovely? Now, to find the time… I will focus on poems exploring heritage, stories of my ancestors–real and imagined, based on an early collection: China Baby.
Always at this turn of the wheel we meditate, contemplate on our lives. Some make resolutions; others do not. We tend to mark changes by holidays, special occasions, birthdays, but really, life is a continuum. And, I find, when I experience life as a continuum, I feel less frantic, less concerned about the passing of years, the passing of time.
Still, a life unexamined is, a life unlived and I do reflect upon life’s experiences, calling them back: “rewind.” My life, my mother’s, her mother’s and beyond…
Here’s a poem from the collection. I hope you enjoy. (more…)