and his name shall be envy...

The green devil pokes up his head and eyes her. He senses her weaknesses, feels her vulnerability. He ever-so-carefully probes her open wounds, patiently waiting for a potent moment to pounce.

She never sees him coming. Overly confident that time will soothe the pain and heal the lacerations, she pushes the wounds from her mind. After all, she reminds herself, survival demands forward motion, progress, development...moving on.

But as she heads forward, she can't help but notice the differences between her and all those around. Human nature takes its hold and the similarities vanish from her mind. Only the widening gulf of disparity and permeating loss bind her focus.

Then the green devil strikes. He aims for her heart--the strongest and yet most exposed region of her being. For if he captures that which sustains life, then he controls her.

my dream

Time shifts like the wind, sometimes pausing to barely a breeze, other times rushing by, dragging the world along behind it. It seems like life has been more of the latter lately. We've now been in CA for about four months. Christmas has come and gone. A new years begun.
The weather teases us here, taunting us with dreams of Spring. The sun glows with the promise of longer, brighter days. Some of the plants even have tips of newness growing with green.
And I find myself longing for the future. There is so much promise in the wind. We've made it to the new world, now we've only to discover how to flourish in it.

Historic Night

Senator Barack Obama has been announced President Elect! What an amazing campaign, and what an amazing man! It is time for change, and now America and the world looks to Obama for that change. I express my pride and joy along with Americans all across the country!! Congratulations to Obama!!