Category Archives: Random Thoughts and Musings

June 9, 2025

day 156-157-158…a few more glimmers on the fly

meanwhile in California

for a brief window
inside a bubble of joy
we celebrated the creation
of a new family, rejoicing 
in the “I do’s”, we danced,
and we ate cake, embraced
by family bonds of love

meanwhile, 
just down the mountain 
in the shadow of love
the aspirations of hate
unfolded on brutal display
in the name of law and order -
beautiful families targeted,
laws broken, not by the people, 
but by an unlawful government 
that seeks to erase anything 
“other”, to assuage the fragile
ego of a deeply flawed, little man

it did not go unnoticed by me 
as I watched people peacefully 
assembling to say “no more”, 
“not in our name”, not in my name
two worlds, a fault line divided, 
love, joy, peace vs. hate, cruelty, fear 
i was there when it happened,
and now I am home declaring
I will always choose love
I will always side with truth
and justice…true justice

it was a beautiful brief bubble
a wedding, family, celebration
but bubbles burst and 
when they do, we wake up
may we remember 
love prevails
love will always prevail 

~kat

…finally back home I am all the more determined to advocate for love…in our much troubled world ✨✨💚💚✨✨

Much love, peace, and glimmers to you. May you always choose love…and kindness!

~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨

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June 2, 2025

day 152

By Kat Myrman

Just a glimmer today. It’s my birthday. Taking it all in. Pausing a moment to smell the roses.

much love, peace, and glimmers to you.

~kat

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June 1, 2025

day 151

By Kat Myrman

A Reverse Poem - a look back at May

trust is a powerful thing
to extinguish the darkness
destruction in its wake | survival of the richest
secrets haunt their keepers
reality has swung the sickle
chaotic
precisely because it scares me
some gave their all
flower petals and shallow roots…
roses in the air
sadly, out of tune
morning in the foothills…full of grace
and the trees…

~kat

As we start a new month it is fitting to glean the previous month’s offerings and select a line from each to develop today’s ReVerse Poem. May was a whirlwind! Things on the world stage are out of sorts with norms. Dealing with it requires more and more of us.

Much love, peace and glimmers to you.

~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨

A ReVerse poem (a practice I started many years ago) is a summary poem with a single line lifted from each entry of a collection of work over a particular timeframe and re-penned in chronological order as a new poem. Unlike a collaborative poem, the ReVerse features the words of one writer, providing a glimpse into their thoughts over time. I use it here as a review of the past several weeks.

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May 31, 2025

day 150

By Kat Myrman

the trees know best

a storm 
most certainly 
is coming
the rushing wind
the darkening skies
the undersides
of tree leaves showing 
air thick and wet
growing wetter
grab an umbrella
maybe a sweater
the weather man said
sunny weather
but I have something
even better…nature
always lets me know
and the trees…
they told me so

~kat

I am on the mend. As much as I love living in the middle of the woods, I am highly allergic. As am I to cats, I have three. I may even be allergic to laundry though I force myself to do it regularly enough…and even better, to actually fold and put it away. They have medication for all of these things (well maybe not for laundry), which I take so that can tolerate the closeness of these things I love, the trees and cats. And I suppose clothes too, as I am a bit shy when it comes to being naked in public! it’s not a pretty sight I assure you! Consider it my gift to humanity that I keep private what’s meant to be kept!

Tolerance is a willful thing isn’t it? We choose to be tolerant. We make concessions for those things that press us to tolerate them. It worries me that humanity is being pressured more and more to tolerate things that used to be non-negotiable in a civil society. Things like cruelty, lies, hate, lawlessness, bullying, intimidation, bigotry, misogyny…goodness that’s a long list (there is likely more…I know there’s more and much of it not good 😟).

I have made concessions to live peacefully with my dander and pollen laden loves. Tolerance is a choice after all. I need to remind myself that I do not need to tolerate anything that is the opposite of love and that it is perfectly fine for me to say so, even if it’s scary. Maybe my saying it might even help someone else feel a little less afraid to say it too.

anyhow…it’s gonna rain soon. The trees told me so. I love them even if they do make me sneeze!

much love, peace, and glimmers to you. And remember, you get to choose. When given the chance I hope you choose love!

~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨
(today’s glimmer? Why, the underside of tree leaves of course. They are dazzling even if it does mean a storm is coming!)