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10-10-10

Went to the cliff above the ocean this morning and sang to the waves beside the Ironwood tree.  Later, bought a used copy of Stones of the Sur– the collection of Robinson Jeffers poetry and Morley Baer’s photography.  I’m following a thread…stones and Big Sur and something about the heart.

In the afternoon, I walk with my son to a concert in the hills and he hears the notes of his father’s guitar trickle up the canyon where we are.  Rex is on stage singing about the love of his life.  I’ve never heard this song but I think I understand.  It was never me and that’s okay.

At evening’s end Chris Berry asks the crowd to sing with him.

We got love, we got love, we got love.

I give my best and sing along into the night sky.

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October 8, 2010

I go to the Princeville library on a mission but they don’t have a single title by Robinson Jeffers.  I get a book of poems by Maya Angelou instead; “And Still I Rise.”  By donation only, I get a facial at the Rainbow Ministry and am told what I offer is too much.  Afterward, with a fresh face I buy a single strand of jade beads.  On my way home my surfboard almost flies off my car crossing Kalihiwai bridge when the bungee pops off while driving.

 

book cover design Janet Halverson, Random House 1978

 

After school my son loses his tooth when the tether ball hits him in the face.  I am in the fundraising meeting planning salsa dancing when he comes to me with blood smeared on his lips:  “Mom, don’t tell anyone…I lost my tooth.”

It’s Friday night and we get take out, play with beads and watch a movie.  It’s a film made by Christians but if I ignore some of the church talk I still get teary in the scenes about having faith.