7 Days Challenge, Day 5: Keep going

Warming Up

I’m in town in my sarong.

I see another too-old woman

in a floral sun dress,

short skirt and skinny straps.

As I stop to buy diet Coke,

a bike roars away from the shop.

Thin rider in black leans forward

low over the handle bars.

There’s that hint in the air

of anticipation.Thoughts

of beaches, parties ... 

my steps quicken.

7 Days Challenge, Day 4: Notice a person

Home Help

So straight-backed, hard-voiced.

It takes me weeks to hear

the kindness of her words,

to see the smile in her eyes.

7 Days Challenge, Day 3: Use all your senses

(or at least more of them than sight alone)


November in the Northern Rivers

The heat coats my skin like a very fine layer of oil. My cheeks and temples tingle. My hair thickens on my head, in a close cap. I like the feeling of warmth on my naked back, and the light in the long evenings lingering late. 

7 Days Challenge, Day 2: Look, write and look again

Cold chicken stir fry (supper)

The rice dry and crunchy

the vegetables moist, crisp.

A peanut taste ... inexplicable.

The spiciness it had at dinner, gone.


(Well, I didn't look, I tasted and felt.)

7 Days Challenge, Day 1: Go to the World

Observation


The thick stems of the jade bush are dark, banded and mottled, like reptile skin.

A Birthday Present to Myself

(editorial aside)

I have accepted the invitation to do Kaspalita's free 'Experience the world more deeply in 7 days' challenge. Yes, I write small stones anyway, from time to time, but I thought it would be a nice present to myself to take the opportunity to slow down for a week.

My stars for today say, 'Use this time to reconnect with your spiritual centre.' This is my way.