I Believe I'm In Love With You - Bonnie Raitt

I don't know what's wrong with me
I've been foolish as a fool can be
Baby, I can't sleep at night
And I lost my appetite

Went to the doctor but he don't know
It's getting to where it ain't funny no more
Tell me baby what I might gonna do
I believe I'm in love with you

I believe I'm in love with you
Tell me baby that you love me, too
I can't fight, baby I decided
I'm in love with you

I guess this time I realize
For you baby I got eyes
Come on baby and give me a chance
All I need is your romance

You're the one I've been trying to find
Baby, baby you're just my kind
I'm telling you baby I'll be true
I believe I'm in love with you

I believe I'm in love with you
Tell me baby that you love me, too
I can't fight, baby I decided
I'm in love with you

I guess this time I realize
For you baby I got eyes
Come on baby and give me a chance
All I need is your romance

You know what I'm tryin' to fight
And I'm telling you, you're just my kind
I'm telling you, baby I'll be true
I believe I'm in love with you

I believe I'm in love with you
Tell me baby that you love me, too
I can't fight, baby I decided
I'm in love with you

I Can't Make You Love Me

WAITING FOR PERFECT

If dreamt
then is it

The note was low
the tempo slow

If wanted
then will it be

The light was red
the game led

If desired
then does it measure

The talk jazzed
the conversation halved

If accepted
then is it perfect

EYES OPEN

Proceeding

to misssteps

Looking

to begin

Hoping

to connection

Expressing

to truth

Longing

to hear

Wanting

to touch

Proceeding

to misssteps

Looking

to continue

Hoping

to bond

Expressing

to undo

Longing 

to no end

Wanting
to see

Shenandoah National Park Hike - June 16, 2018

Our hike leader, Jeff, orienting us to our day.

Saturday, we enjoyed Shenandoah's more natural glories by hiking between (and to the top of) the only two peaks above 4000 feet in the entire Park. Temperatures at such exalted heights were excellent in the 70s, 10-15 degrees cooler than down in the sweltering flatlands. Plus, we enjoyed one spectacular overlook after another along the way. We started with the climb from Skyline Drive to the top of Hawksbill (4050 feet).  Then we bumped along the Appalachian Trail to Stony Man (4010 feet). Total length of this moderate-to-strenuous one-way hike was 8 miles, with about 1400 feet of cumulative elevation gain. 

The highest point in Shenandoah National Park

The Mountain Laurel hike was cancelled due to storms, but today, we did see blooming laurel.

Black Muddy River

Barbra Streisand - Come Rain or Come Shine with John Mayer

An Evening In Washington DC

A great evening in Washington DC with a friend. We first went to the National Portrait Gallery to see the paintings of President and Mrs. Obama. In the gallery of the President portraits, I thought the one of President Kennedy very beautiful. We then went to The Dirty Habit and had drinks and a delicious meal. It was fun enjoying the summer evening in the outdoor courtyard before dinner. Of course the highlight of the evening was "Camelot" at the Shakespeare Theatre. The role of Lancelot du Lac is played by Nick Fitzer, an Indiana University alum. If you are in DC, it is worth seeing.

Amber Run - I Found Love

I'll use you
as a warning sign
if you talk enough sense
then you'll lose your mind

I'll use you as a focal point
so I don't lose sight
of what I want

I've moved further
than I thought I could
But I miss you
more than I thought I would

I'll use you
as a warning sign
that if you talk enough sense
then you'll lose your mind

I found love
where it wasn't suppose to be
right in front of me
talk some sense to me

I'll use you
as a makeshift gauge
of how much to give
and how much to take

I'll use you
as a warning sign
that if you talk enough sense
then you'll lose your mind

I found love
where it wasn't suppose to be
right in front of me
talk some sense to me

MUNA - I Know A Place (Official Video)

The Man Who Can't be Moved

The man who should camp at 1775 Church Street.

Mystery of Love - Sufjan Stevens

Lyrics: Oh, to see without my eyes The first time that you kissed me Boundless by the time I cried I built your walls around me White noise, what an awful sound Fumbling by Rogue River Feel my feet above the ground Hand of God, deliver me [Chorus] Oh, oh woe-oh-woah is me The first time that you touched me Oh, will wonders ever cease? Blessed be the mystery of love Lord, I no longer believe Drowned in living waters Cursed by the love that I received From my brother's daughter Like Hephaestion, who died Alexander's lover Now my riverbed has dried Shall I find no other? [Chorus] Oh, oh woe-oh-woah is me I'm running like a plover Now I'm prone to misery The birthmark on your shoulder reminds me How much sorrow can I take? Blackbird on my shoulder And what difference does it make When this love is over? Shall I sleep within your bed River of unhappiness Hold your hands upon my head Till I breathe my last breath [Chorus] Oh, oh woe-oh-woah is me The last time that you touched me Oh, will wonders ever cease? Blessed be the mystery of love

Beau - always ready to go out!

Sara Bareilles "Gravity"

Sara is one of my favorite singer/song writers.  "I Choose You" is my ringtone.  This song has haunted me for the past 3 years ---- now, even more than before.







This song has haunted me for the past 3 years --- even more than before.

Eben Trio – Franz Schubert: Trio Nr. 1 B-flat major op. 99

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19: Andante (3. movement)

CITY STREETS

The cracks in the sidewalk

It wasn’t youthful passion

The rain pours

This river of love rushing

Professed

It can’t be retracted 

In the shop window

The seared reflection of rejected

The city streets crowded

This ache won’t move

The traffic stalled
Got’a get to the place I started

BECOMING THE WIND

In the garden

the sun passed the day to the moon

passionate night

turning to dawn

The never ceasing ripple

of the creek water passing

as the birch leaves clap

you stroll with me

Through the meadow

the gentle sway of the grass

as the golden finches dart

we walk our path

At the hilltop gazing

East our spring

South our summer

West our autumn

North our winter

John Mayer - New Light (Premium Content!)

POEM - TRANSFERRENCE

Hold my hand

All I needed

You were there

Searching no further

Hold my hand

All I enjoyed

Time to breath

To our eternity

Hold my hand

All I had

Was winter’s return 

Being one

Hold my hand

All I wanted

In my life

Summer returned

Hold my hand

All I wished

A place together 

Sunshine never burned

Hold my hand

All I know

Risks of steps

Writing each page

Hold my hand

All I asked

A place and time

To your eternity

Hold my hand

All I have

Is winter’s return

Being one

Sara Bareilles "Gravity"

Art Experiment: Study 1

I am experimenting with incorporating Rudy’s feathers in paintings. Study 1

Nate's Meadow

My friend Nate gave me Maryland wildflowers to plant in the meadow next to my building.  I have seeded the meadow in the past with Black-eyed Susan seeds. When I told Nate about the meadow he gave me some indiginous plants that we both hope will spread.

Sunday morning walk in DC.

POEM - STAIRS

In this chapel

I descend to the crypt

searching the darkness

amongst broken idols

Without asking

I made the offering

It did not measure

so I left it on the altar

There is no tomb

for me

mine

is not in this place

The webs and dust

drift in my wake

the steps 

providing the passage

THE CIRCLE

as I drifted

hearing the leftovers

of the party

soft sheets

could not soothe to sleep

not invited

I wandered

who enjoyed

the laughter and

fraternity shared

the crowded streets

the horns of traffic

the sirens warned

as spring left

later than when

author's note:

Yes "wandered" not "wondered" both have a bit of loss, and searching: one physically the other mindfully. The stanza contains both.

The Dead South - In Hell I'll Be In Good Company [Official Music Video]

Quatuor Ebène and Gautier Capuçon record Schubert's String Quintet D956

Gautier Capucon is my favorite cellist.

Mark Wilkinson - Everything To Me

POEM - Holding On

HOLDING ON

I see you smiling
Standing in the garden
I knew I'd loved you all my life

Lying on the lawn
When we touched
I came alive

We took the chance
It was you and me
But, time ran out

Now, there are things
I can't give away
The hurt will always stay

Life is harder
I need someone by my side
So why are you just standing there

Through the veil
Standing in the garden
I hold on


(Thanks Reuben Bidez for helping me transition. We are always the sum of our lives. I bring to my future, my past.)

Hike - May 11, 2018

Beau and my hike started at Charcoal Hearth and looped to Thaddeus Stevens Trail.  We found a quiet picnic spot for our lunch and water.  After lunch we walked down to the stream. We drove back to Frederick taking the back roads first to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, and then to Emmitsburg, Maryland and on to home.