GRIZZLY PEAR
We drew a labryinth on the patio.
I walked it.
Breathe in, four steps.
Breathe out, four steps.
The boy jumped in front.
And stopped.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
He hopped away.
Breathe in, four steps.
Breathe out, four steps.
A split second.
Our lives.
䷛䷪
to spread white rushes underneath
no blame
After a meeting, I detoured through North Las Vegas to buy two side tables.
Five hours later, we bought a bookshelf just outside the 215 loop.
Offerup is back on the phone.
(Thirty months ago, I bought a plasma car in Henderson.)
Using cash again,
Trips to new neighborhood,
Brief encounters with strangers.
Old is new again.
Drifting back towards normal.
䷽
small things may be done
great things may not be done
the flying bird brings the message
We made our annual migration back to the parents.
We forgot some things.
Went back last night.
And indulged in extra spring cleaning.
The Sunday evening date.
䷀䷠
dragon appearing in the field
The drafts have been distributed.
I wait for comments.
But my projects didn’t stop (even if I did).
Lots of catch up.
And to clean up.
The glorious ending is never glamorous.
Tommorrow has its demands,
Extra because of yesterday’s shortcuts.
But phase one is done.
And I didn’t overwork as much this time.
A success, even if it doesn’t feel like it.
䷷䷽
the bird’s nest burns up
the wanderer laughs at first
then must lament and weep
through carelessness he loses his cow
Nine.
Lovely number.
Three times three.
A square.
Double happiness.
Now there’s four.
Another square!
Took the morning off and visited:
Spring Ranch State Park, preserved.
Bonnie Springs, closed no access.
Cactus Joe’s, open for business.
Vanguard.com, betting on the future.
What will happen in eighteen years?
(we met eighteen years ago)
Thirty-six.
Yet another square!
䷅䷋
the people of his town
three hundred housholds
remain free of guilt
我可以做 GATE-test 吗?
Can I take the GATE test?
He just got the regular 4 year old shots.
She took the GATE test after her second shot.
But there are no COVID shots for 4 year olds.
How much longer?
䷣䷕
first he climbed up to heaven
then he plunged into the depths of the earth
Squabble.
The sound is the meaning.
First to wash your hands.
She started eating early.
Whether to play this,
Or that.
Who’s cleaning up?
He isn’t.
The joyous din of growing up.
The house will be quiet soon.
From whence the squabbles then?
䷆䷺
in the middle of the earth is water
the image of the army
Appliances are simple machines.
The dryer is a big tube with a fire.
The kids came upstairs to watch me replace the solenoid coils.
The drum face down on the floor,
The top flipped up,
The front panel against the wall,
The shell an empty cube with a small motor and some electronics.
“Wow, so cool!” She said.
He repeated “Wow, so cool!”
He repeated “Wow, so cool!”
He repeated “Wow, so cool!”
䷚䷗
awareness of dnager brings good fortune
it furthers one to cross the great water
Last year, I memorized the I Jing sequence.
Hexagrams, English, Chinese!
In order.
Then Magic the Arena.
My life dissolved into an online haze.
Four months disappeared.
A few more months to clean up.
Now I’m re-memorizing the the sequence.
It’s painful to scrape the memory banks.
I know all this, but I don’t.
Ancient wisdom?
Trivia?
Prognostication:
What will sidetrack me next?
䷫䷴
if one is mindful of the danger
no great mistake is made
He tried to stuff the pants onto the high shelf.
Just out of reach.
Even on tippy toes.
Nope.
Again.
And again.
He quit.
What is that a sullen look on his face?
Is it concentration?
He returned, with a stool from downstairs.
Mission accomplished.
䷙䷉
the headboard of a young bull
great good fortune