The Setting Sun

The setting sun, and music at the close,
As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last,
Writ in remembrance more than things long past.
~Shakespeare

Dianne Reeves

A photo cannot possibly describe the experience
of being in the same hall with Dianne Reeves
and her band last night.
She's incomparable.
Best I can do is white light.
Wow.

Hmmm...

These are leaves

This is a fountain

The Tide

There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which taken at the flood leads to fortune
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
is bound in shallows and misery.
~Shakespeare

Bells

Sometimes Truth rings like a church bell.
Other times, It's a whisper.
Angels can make ears ring.
I'm learning to listen for all of It.

World AIDS Day

"the loss is not yours alone, she said,
& you will see it in their eyes
when they do not think you are watching.
How long does it take? I said
& she put her hand on my chest & we did not speak."
~ Brian Andreas

Today is World Aids Day
I was in San Francisco for my first World Aids Day
It was powerful to see the skyline change at dark
and to remember through the years
A Day Without Art

It seems a lifetime ago I hung out with
lots of good, funny, crazy, happy men
- several who died from complications due to AIDS.

I invite you to do your part.

Church House Steps

St Mary's Cathedral in Austin.

"Oh - I sat down upon the church house steps
With all my hopes and dreams
All of my regrets

Oh - I sat down upon the church house steps

With all I have lost
And with all I have been blessed
I sat down upon the church house steps

I reached to the sky
As I hung my head and wept
Oh - I wept

Oh - I sat down

If these wings should fail me
Won't you meet me with another pair"

~ excerpt from Church House Steps, by Ben Harper