autumn sunset
it never gets old
crimson horizons at dusk
peace in the foothills
~kat
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day 268 ~ a glimmer and a haiku
day 267
I decided to give you today’s glimmer first. I wrote the poem below in the wee hours of the morning…the dreaded 3 am wake up call…so I’m saving it as an afterthought today.
I am so grateful to have a job. But I’m growing tired of the long Monday through Friday grind. It’s clear, though I had dreamed of it, there will be no retirement for me. Rising costs and increasingly limited resources necessitate working as long as they’ll have me. The song is true…the rich get richer and the poor…well you know.
Of course I do acknowledge that I am rich in so many ways, as evidenced by the unlimited glimmers surrounding me, just waiting to be noticed. But reality costs money and work is the necessary evil that provides. I also realize how fortunate I am to be able to work…to keep pace with a time clock. Like the old saying, “I can rest when I’m dead” implies…the road is long…and I’ve got myself a bit longer to go…
Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!
~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨
in limbo
stuck,
silenced by fear.
death
would have been kinder
memories of banishment keep me
in line
conditional freedom knows
no bounds, surrender,
recompense
for speaking the truth
~kat
(a pi-archimedes poem / 3.1415926535 - syllable count per line).
day 264 ~ autumnal equinox 2025
Autumn calling
all things being equal
day to night, light to darkness
temperatures cooling
time to consider
letting go as leaves fade
and trees surrender to the wind
change is coming, change is here
darkness is looming
night will consume the day
for a season it will seem
as though the light
will never be as bright,
but remember, seasons come
and they go…it’s just
a matter of time before
the fragile balance shifts
once again, and spring
emerges from winter,
let us stand in the balance
all things being equal,
together, our hearts warmed
by hope, compassion and truth
we are not alone
let the harvest commence
with blessings enough
to keep us through
the coming winter…
blessings enough
to grace us all
~kat
Today’s glimmer is the sounds of dusk on this beautiful, magical Autumnal Equinox.
Much love, peace, and glimmers to you!
~kat 2025
day 261
What’s your favorite word?
Serendipity
Shooting Stars…
Each
Radiant stream
Ebbs
Disintegrating
Into stardust, beautiful in death
Passing
Into oblivion
Temporarily
Dazzling
Yielding
~kat
You need to be in the right place at the precise right time to catch a glimpse of the final moments of distant ancient stars. Seeing a shooting star is serendipitous…my favorite word in response to this WordPress prompt. I love the sound of the word almost as much as I love its meaning.
Serendipity is the phenomenon of making fortunate and unexpected discoveries by chance, rather than by planning or searching for them.It’s the experience of finding something pleasant or valuable when you weren’t even looking for it, like a happy accident or a lucky coincidence. (AI definition)
Much love, peace, and serendipitous glimmers to you…
~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨
Here are a few of those serendipitous moments from today…
day 258
powerless
no
crickets at dusk
just
a rattling dirge
generators, consuming silence
the sky
gray, clouds heavy with rain
would I, could I live
so simply
if the lights stayed out
~kat
We keep telling ourselves that we need to get a full house generator. Our neighbors all have them. It makes sense. The aging trees where we live are lovely and tall, but they do what they were created to do…bend with the wind. Unfortunately, sometimes the tree branches collide with the power lines. It happens several times a season, in fact. We have a few small generators that we keep charged up for essential things. But it’s not enough we have found, especially when the outage lasts for days.
Today was another one of those days. Rainy, and not too windy, but enough to disrupt my work day. Suddenly the power died. I was able to carry on with business using the battery on my laptop and my phone as a hot spot. But I didn’t quite have the bandwidth to finish the tasks on my list of to-dos for the day. As the sky darkened I found myself drifting toward sleep. Every time we have an outage I wonder, what would life be like if things were simpler?
I’m old enough to remember when. And I do miss it sometimes as much as I love being able to connect with distant relatives and old and new friends thanks to technology.
Just as I was settling into the slower pace creeping in as dusk slipped into night, the lights, and my house full of appliances and electronics buzzed back to life. I was almost disappointed. I rarely get to sleep in silence. As I type the heat pump is pushing cool air through the ceiling vents. It’s a noise I’ve gotten used to, but it is so rare…true silence…and my question to myself? Would I? Could I? I believe definitely I could and most certainly would thrive in a simpler setting. How nice it was for a few hours’ taste to imagine it!
Much Love, Peace, and Glimmers to you!
~kat ✨✨✨💚💚💚✨✨✨
✨✨Some visitors stopped by. They show me every day how simple is done!✨✨
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