Spring Renewal

Traveling in California at the beginning of spring brings up the spirit of renewal. I drop by an old friend’s house after years of being away; her hug is the same…bountiful and real. I take in the synchronicity of quick yet meaningful meetings, long dinners with dear women friends, and reel in the beauty of the world renewing itself one more time. I remember difficult times when someone promised, “This too shall pass.” It all does—the season, the insights, the hard times, the conversations—like the warm sunlight between rain clouds. Yet it all comes back in new forms…a new season, an inspired conversation, inevitable challenges, different sorts of connection.

Driving through the Sierra foothills in my little Kia rental car I am taken by the simplicity of the temperature dials…small turn dials like on the old radios, with easy to read icons. I treasure that simplicity— the ease with which I can access comforting warmth and refreshing coolness—may it follow me through these spring days.

red-winged blackbirds perched along the fenceline—snowy peaks on horizon

white heron framed in blackness of round drainpipe—the yin yang of my thoughts

cold chases warmth as graywhite clouds shadow blooming hills—white & pink buds