Contents
I—YOUR GREAT ADVENTURE
Begin with the Faucet
Something so New
Great River Road
Bridges
Convertible Mind on the High Road to Taos
Mesa Verde
Black Mesa Magic
Santa Fe Logic
Pear Blossoms
What Sedona Says
At the Sacred Cliffs of Kauai
Paradigm Shift in the Pacific Northwest
At Three Arch Cape
Your Great Adventure
II—A DARK THREAD
Cosmic Stew Complaint
A Few Ways to Look at Rage
Tiger Wing
A Few Ways to Look at Deception
One October Past Your Prime
Blue-Jinxed 1
Blue-Jinxed 2
One November Morning Past Your Prime
About Time
Why She Can’t Sleep
Dangerous Woman
Texting Terrorist
Point of Departure
Backroads
Embrace Uncertainty
Lot’s Wife
Cheating Grief
Shadow, Then Shine
III—WINTER SPELL
Unwinding the Old Year
January Spell
One January Morning Past Your Prime
The Butterfly Tree
February Morning
The Long Winter Procrastinates
Winter’s Favor
Snow Salsa
Spell to Enchant a House
Winter Spell
Lines Written For Charlotte In Bronte Country
Before Grooming the Horse in Winter
Longing for Spring
IV—ASK THE GARDENER
Hummingbird Whisperer
Ask the Gardener
Spell for a Summer’s Night
At Ding Darling Preserve, Sanibel Island
Sonnet for Summer Surprise
O Summer
The Garden Hour
Garden Bliss
Days At The Japanese Garden
September Slips
Nygren Prairie Carriage Ride
Moonbeam and Starlock
V—WILD FRUITION
Lately Writing Sonnets
Sonnet for Live Words
At Lake Crescent
Walking the Labyrinth At Grace Cathedral
Entering the Chant
Consider
Wild Fruition
The Joy of Unimportance
Come to the Council Ring
The Sweet Spot
Dear Masseuse
This Thanksgiving, Remember
I Want the Time
Summer Solstice
Secret Shaman
The Benevolence