Saturday, October 31, 2009

Friends are wonderful

This week I feel so grateful for my friends. On Sunday I was feeling a little lonely and discombobulated, and I felt like opening a bottle of wine so I called my friend and he came and joined me for dinner. We had a great discussion with my son about not sure what, and then my friend and I exchanged relaxing foot massages.

Later in the week I got caught on the far side of the Bay Bridge, having driven around the snapped cable on the way over to the city. Foolishly, I tried to drive back across the same bridge and ended up sitting in traffic for about an hour before being turned around. Friends were making a gourmet dinner using their new wedding gifts, and invited me to join them. We cooked scrumptious butternut squash soup with real nuts in it, duck in pomegranate sauce and brussels sprouts with truffle oil. I must get some truffle oil for the kitchen!

Then today a friend chatted with me on facebook and invited me to a moonlit hike tomorrow night. I hope that pans out! I would love to splash in the ocean at sunset, warm up in the pub with him, and then hike over the cliffs by the moonlight. I hope he picks me up on his motorcycle. That would be so cool...

Thursday, October 15, 2009

You Are a Pool

You are a pool
I step into the water
not knowing
if it will be deep or shallow
warm or cold
if I will drown or float.

I step into the pool again
regardless
hoping to warm all this water
with my heart's faint glow

wondering if I will remember
how to swim
or if I ever learned.

And peace falls down on us
like snow.