TODAY...

... marks not only the beginning of the New Year (Happy New Year, everyone!) but also the start of my commitment to participate in the River of Stones project, initiated by my friends Robyn and Kaspa at Writing Our Way Home. In brief, the idea is to stop at some point during the day, every day in January, and pay attention; then write down the observation, a "small stone" to add to the river. I started yesterday:

Sound of the clock

ticking; last

day of the year.

Breath comes

synchronous

with the beating heart.

Time, now,

to awake.

It's a world wide effort to have us all wake up and spend a conscious moment in the here and now. May it create many ripples, many eddies in the river's flow.

For today:

First light. Her

body, his body,

tangled in the bedsheets.

Warmth

of the familiar.

Good morning love.

Thanks, Robyn and Kaspa, for this wonderful idea.