Browse journal entries by date written. Entries modified since original composed date are indicated with a ‘revised’ tag. For some untitled items, titles were added years later for the purpose of posting to this blog.
2024 (1)
- 1/12/24 Golden moments
2023 (56)
- 12/31/23 Elementary
- 12/25/23 Christmas night
- 12/23/23 Deep calleth unto deep
- 12/17/23 Olvidando
- 12/15/23 Dr Reubens
- 12/15/23 Deciduous
- 12/11/23 Lapse
- 12/4/23 Whirlwind
- 12/1/23 Ember
- 11/24/23 Release
- 10/30/23 Smoldering
- 10/27/23 A long winter
- 10/26/23 The Poet, II
- 10/25/23 XXXI
- 10/18/23 Stoic
- 10/8/23 A curious glimmering thing
- 9/29/23 Early bird
- 9/27/23 Small things
- 9/25/23 Don’t-do-it list
- 9/16/23 Carrying
- 9/3/23 Re-learning at 49
- 8/31/23 Dark thoughts
- 8/31/23 I Vowed that I Would Be a Tree
- 8/26/23 I Prepare to Face Fifty
- 8/21/23 The Sun-Shunner
- 8/20/23 Rippling
- 8/20/23 Ravish
- 7/31/23 Monsoon love
- 7/30/23 Storm story
- 7/30/23 Perimenopause
- 7/30/23 It’s a dry heat streak
- 7/29/23 City night
- 7/27/23 Finally a bath!
- 7/26/23 Opening night
- 7/26/23 Thunderstorm
- 7/26/23 Writing up a storm
- 7/22/23 Inflame
- 7/13/23 Flux capacity
- 7/13/23 Liftoff
- 7/13/23 Accelerant
- 7/13/23 CBT
- 6/23/23 Fractal
- 3/26/23 My heart
- 3/26/23 Sugar shock
- 3/25/23 Fell swoop
- 3/25/23 Agreed!
- 2/24/23 Steampunk endpaper marbling
- 2/22/23 One step forward…
- 2/22/23 Wow!
- 2/21/23 The Unripened Old
- 2/20/23 March Night
- 1/19/23 $ick
- 1/13/23 Weekly feels
- 1/13/23 Zzzzzhakespeare
- 1/6/23 Oh, we see it
- 1/4/23 Winter’s moon & ash tree
2022 (27)
- 11/29/22 Ducks at Granada Park
- 11/28/22 Wizen
- 11/25/22 Quiet desert
- 10/23/22 A turn for the better
- 10/19/22 The spaces
- 10/5/22 One boot off
- 9/4/22 September backyard
- 9/3/22 Stay the night
- 8/26/22 So simple
- 8/19/22 Charged
- 8/7/22 Alarm ringing true
- 8/5/22 Flight path
- 7/29/22 Desiccated
- 7/28/22 Ease your sweet heart
- 7/26/22 Delusions & cliffs
- 7/26/22 Majesty of nature
- 7/26/22 Who Shall Measure?
- 7/21/22 Conversations
- 7/16/22 Wilderness pathways
- 6/18/22 Days end
- 6/8/22 Truly lost
- 5/21/22 Inkside out
- 5/15/22 Strangely normal
- 4/16/22 Poems that stick with me
- 2/12/22 Doppelgänger
- 2/12/22 Long ago now
2021 (30)
- 12/22/21 Undoing
- 12/15/21 Carpe diem
- 12/15/21 Aaahhhhh!
- 12/10/21 Veggie soup
- 12/8/21 Cozy
- 12/7/21 Autumn’s clock
- 10/26/21 Leaden Echo & Golden Echo
- 10/14/21 Bent & broken
- 9/7/21 What we see
- 8/7/21 Renewal
- 8/6/21 Creeping
- 8/6/21 Weighed down
- 7/21/21 Over & again
- 7/20/21 Night haze
- 6/19/21 I accept you
- 6/18/21 Burning
- 4/18/21 Free spirit
- 3/22/21 E. Markham portraits
- 3/6/21 Leaves for the Dead
- 3/3/21 Ossifight
- 2/25/21 Knees down, heart open, head up
- 2/20/21 A politically correct poem
- 2/8/21 End of life
- 1/20/21 A lesson
- 1/19/21 Autumn’s wake
- 1/19/21 In loss still they dance!
- 1/11/21 Barely knowing
- 1/9/21 Value-able
- 1/7/21 Inflame them to madness
2020 (22)
- 11/14/20 Tilted
- 11/14/20 Enclosed
- 10/28/20 Real eyes
- 10/26/20 October-blood
- 10/3/20 Slam–bang
- 9/22/20 My heart sees all the better
- 9/2/20 Battery
- 7/21/20 Ex Libris R. Le G.
- 7/12/20 Eye floaters
- 5/22/20 Death lights heavy
- 5/16/20 Losing count
- 4/15/20 Flux
- 4/3/20 Feuille morte
- 3/25/20 Saguaro arms
- 2/17/20 Galactic gathering
- 2/8/20 Growing old
- 2/8/20 Your battle
- 1/28/20 Blend & blur
- 1/28/20 Desert winter departing
- 1/21/20 It’s personal
- 1/14/20 At two-fifty-nine
- 1/2/20 Waking welcome
2019 (47)
- 11/24/19 A January day that lives forever
- 11/24/19 Memories shiver
- 11/5/19 Why we can’t let go
- 10/28/19 Change is in the air
- 10/27/19 Muted striations
- 10/13/19 Glow, shine, reflect
- 10/3/19 The fall of October
- 9/18/19 What I do
- 9/4/19 WILD’ness
- 9/4/19 Hoofprints
- 8/20/19 Fantastic shores
- 8/19/19 Book party!
- 8/5/19 Girl-heart
- 8/3/19 Fight for our lives
- 7/31/19 Goosebumps
- 7/28/19 Weariest old work horse
- 7/19/19 Midlife midriff
- 6/3/19 Precarious
- 5/27/19 Memorial
- 5/27/19 This time last year
- 5/27/19 How to shine
- 5/17/19 Glows & blossoms
- 5/16/19 Killing nature
- 5/16/19 From the ashes
- 5/15/19 Dawn swirls to life
- 5/11/19 City-desert nightwalk
- 5/8/19 Water cycle
- 5/8/19 Saving y’all some time
- 5/6/19 O! Nature
- 5/4/19 Grief bores holes
- 4/7/19 Abrupt
- 4/6/19 Insomnia ticking
- 3/1/19 A thousand choices
- 2/25/19 Half-breaths
- 2/12/19 Green grace
- 2/12/19 Desert weeds after heavy rains
- 1/26/19 Holes & tears
- 1/26/19 What 45 feels like at 3 a.m.
- 1/21/19 Emanate
- 1/13/19 None excluded
- 1/13/19 Whole body, whole spirit
- 1/13/19 Two A.M. drops
- 1/13/19 The feels & frights of aging
- 1/12/19 S.W.A.K.
- 1/11/19 Away
- 1/3/19 02:00
2018 (16)
- 11/30/18 Shut—your—mouth
- 10/21/18 Cold is relative
- 9/10/18 Midlife nights
- 9/10/18 The hermiting of middle age
- 8/21/18 Literary LOL
- 8/18/18 Middle
- 8/9/18 Haunted
- 7/1/18 Know when
- 6/7/18 Awake & alone
- 5/29/18 Inner self
- 5/28/18 Raindrop days, lightning moments
- 5/18/18 Forty-four
- 5/11/18 Morning lover
- 4/10/18 The Prisoner
- 3/21/18 Fugue
- 1/17/18 Tea in bed
2017 (13)
- 12/28/17 Censorship
- 9/27/17 O! queso what?
- 8/25/17 Blur
- 8/15/17 Scoresheet
- 8/5/17 Every morning
- 7/27/17 May you
- 5/13/17 In a hospital
- 5/5/17 Spring blazes color
- 4/19/17 43.47943
- 4/7/17 Middle ground
- 3/19/17 Seamless
- 1/31/17 Creator with sense of humor
- 1/11/17 Resilient
2016 (20)
- 12/29/16 Ten thousand fathoms deep
- 12/29/16 Let every blessing strengthen you
- 11/20/16 Anticipation
- 10/3/16 Refuge
- 9/23/16 Transform
- 9/22/16 Weathering it
- 8/22/16 Fresh air & birdsong
- 8/8/16 The falling is mutual
- 8/8/16 In the autumn wood
- 7/26/16 Counting up
- 4/28/16 Early morning goodbyes
- 3/13/16 Midair
- 3/13/16 Playground
- 3/12/16 Jovial vernal verse
- 3/3/16 Can’t freakin’ sleep
- 2/25/16 Slipping
- 2/2/16 Lonesome animals
- 1/31/16 Dissent
- 1/16/16 Fragile
- 1/7/16 Branching
2015 (9)
- 12/29/15 Chilly bedtime thoughts
- 12/27/15 Hard to escape
- 10/19/15 Only bruises
- 10/16/15 Forty-two-tick-tock
- 9/2/15 Questions of the sky
- 9/1/15 Fall, fall!
- 7/13/15 Flow with life
- 6/5/15 They’ll be back
- 2/10/15 Iridescent
2014 (15)
- 12/14/14 Sound of winter leaves at night
- 11/30/14 Leaves!
- 9/11/14 Feel it, live it
- 9/4/14 Of letting be
- 5/8/14 Endless knowledge
- 5/4/14 Alternate ending
- 5/4/14 Aging inside & out
- 4/5/14 There are actually eight
- 3/27/14 Spring out & in
- 3/26/14 Palm’s psalm
- 3/14/14 Spring flight & grounding
- 2/11/14 ♯lifegoals
- 1/20/14 Task list
- 1/2/14 Unreasonably warm in Phoenix
2013 (7)
- 11/10/13 Vale of tears
- 10/19/13 Sage
- 10/4/13 Pearl grey
- 7/20/13 Book-sticky
- 1/19/13 A Teeny-Tiny Ghost Story
- 1/7/13 Winter art
2012 (4)
- 11/14/12 Victorious
- 5/8/12 Tending
- 4/26/12 Poem of the April Palo Verde
- 4/6/12 Connections
2011 (9)
- 12/22/11 Welcome, Winter
- 12/16/11 Angles
- 8/28/11 Seasonal emotions
- 7/17/11 Rainbow’ish
- 7/3/11 Summer-nap
- 7/3/11 Fresh & green
- 7/3/11 Unfocus
- 7/3/11 Dreams & greens
- 6/18/11 Vino diabólico
2010 (12)
- 12/30/10 Soul warmth
- 12/25/10 I sew ragged
- 10/29/10 Serenity & grace
- 10/26/10 Relentless
- 10/22/10 Flaky crust happiness
- 9/5/10 Missed
- 4/19/10 Asymmetrical kisses
- 4/3/10 Seed in the wind
- 3/22/10 Moonlit plum tree
- 1/26/10 Radiant joy
- 1/14/10 Windblown
2009 (38)
- 12/4/09 Classics declassified
- 11/29/09 Threads
- 11/25/09 Ill & well
- 11/5/09 War paint
- 10/18/09 Battles
- 10/16/09 Lit de mort coloré
- 9/30/09 Healing stronger
- 9/17/09 Foggy
- 9/16/09 Don’t cry, — rally!
- 9/16/09 Hard life, good life
- 8/13/09 Life expectancy
- 8/2/09 Segue
- 7/12/09 Seeds of health
- 7/9/09 Seriously
- 7/4/09 Ever-changing
- 7/3/09 Shared wonder
- 6/11/09 Sweet sleep
- 6/4/09 Inner peace
- 5/25/09 Revenant
- 5/2/09 Tough as concrete
- 4/24/09 Capriccio
- 4/24/09 Time & dates
- 4/9/09 Reflecting in the night
- 3/7/09 Vein
- 1/24/09 Poetry of spring
- 1/23/09 Morning armor
- 1/16/09 Embracingly spring
- 1/10/09 The fight
- 1/10/09 Winter sparks
- 1/9/09 Cheers!
- 1/7/09 Selves
- 1/5/09 Kindling
- 1/4/09 Work hard & shine!
- 1/3/09 Clarity of breath
- 1/1/09 Scraps
- 1/1/09 Memorials
- 1/1/09 Scars regard
2008 (18)
- 12/29/08 Always true
- 12/28/08 Non compos mentis
- 12/26/08 Resonate
- 12/25/08 Juxtaposing
- 12/13/08 Stick with calm
- 9/5/08 Love-beats
- 6/22/08 Love & Be-Loved
- 6/3/08 Letters from the garden
- 5/4/08 Greens & things
- 4/12/08 Tune in
- 4/5/08 Spring is so —
- 4/3/08 Cozy inner child
- 3/25/08 Blue stockings
- 3/13/08 Parti-colored
- 3/3/08 Well-becoming
- 2/28/08 Heights
- 1/27/08 Vital
2007 (29)
- 11/17/07 Waking to a newer than new day
- 11/5/07 Soaring
- 10/27/07 Kitty
- 10/11/07 Remembering goes both ways
- 8/19/07 Mind-set-go
- 8/4/07 Summer wonder
- 8/3/07 Sky-happy
- 6/11/07 Emotion sickness
- 5/5/07 Blaring quiet
- 4/23/07 Stone-faced
- 4/13/07 Grief mends
- 4/9/07 Calm in a cup
- 4/9/07 Junk food curse
- 4/2/07 Brotherlove
- 3/26/07 Mind own secrets
- 3/17/07 Inscribed
- 3/11/07 The graceful and beauteous
- 3/4/07 Spring awake
- 3/4/07 Wintermind
- 3/3/07 The real
- 2/26/07 Speaking of spring
- 2/26/07 Wilted
- 2/24/07 Symbiotic
- 2/8/07 Clock work
- 1/26/07 A final breath in winter
- 1/26/07 Sudden silence
- 1/23/07 Hiking soul
- 1/14/07 Beautiful & unfair
- 1/7/07 Listen to the colors
2006 (34)
- 12/31/06 Praying hands & feet
- 12/1/06 Meant-to’s
- 11/10/06 Bedwriting
- 11/5/06 Aside
- 11/4/06 Explanatory
- 10/22/06 Internal listening
- 10/16/06 Humanity in roads
- 10/14/06 Lackluster
- 10/12/06 It’s now
- 10/11/06 Anew
- 10/1/06 Wingèd workaholic
- 10/1/06 Tireless
- 9/25/06 Elderberry prime
- 9/8/06 Good morning!
- 9/7/06 Dream power
- 9/7/06 Inner light
- 8/25/06 Stimulant
- 8/6/06 Wordcloth
- 7/12/06 Old soil, new green
- 6/28/06 Immeasurable
- 6/17/06 Your fill
- 6/15/06 Stages
- 3/31/06 Pitch
- 3/26/06 Bumpy fright
- 3/11/06 Breakthrough
- 3/1/06 Edging
- 2/28/06 Tempus nunquam dormit
- 2/9/06 Tap dance
- 2/2/06 Deprecated
- 1/22/06 Porch swing thoughts
- 1/14/06 Everywhichway
- 1/3/06 Fragmental
- 1/3/06 Marrow
2005 (18)
- 12/10/05 Pain is a story
- 12/10/05 Don’t just sit there
- 12/3/05 Pinot noir
- 11/5/05 Ruminate
- 10/22/05 Giving
- 10/19/05 Ever finding
- 10/10/05 Ruffled
- 10/8/05 Breathing & stuff
- 10/1/05 Every dawn
- 8/12/05 Emily’s dash
- 8/1/05 Well lit
- 2/28/05 History & destiny
- 2/26/05 Stop to smell the goodness
- 2/25/05 Another view
- 2/11/05 Prickly & proverbial
- 1/13/05 Stitches & seams
- 1/11/05 The path
- 1/11/05 Nerve us!
2004 (10)
- 11/30/04 Mind the monsters
- 10/31/04 Refined
- 7/3/04 Breaking & entering
- 6/3/04 Splat!
- 5/22/04 Essence
- 5/13/04 Move it
- 5/4/04 Wax & wane
- 4/1/04 Once upon a thyme
- 3/3/04 Fertilize & philosophize
- 1/17/04 Live well
2003 (11)
- 10/26/03 Pressed flowers are still pretty
- 10/5/03 After all
- 8/28/03 Real funny
- 8/23/03 Mend it, dear Henry
- 6/11/03 Fusion
- 6/5/03 Fluctuations
- 6/3/03 Pierced flight
- 4/22/03 Alone in mid-night
- 4/22/03 Soiled
- 1/21/03 Kindnesses
- 1/19/03 Inching along, leaving behind
2002 (12)
- 12/25/02 Unhoard
- 12/12/02 The chaos-harmony of life
- 11/16/02 Word altar
- 10/16/02 Mist
- 6/8/02 Aye aye, skipper!
- 6/2/02 Plexus
- 5/18/02 № Panic
- 5/17/02 No, thanks
- 5/13/02 Re-learning life
- 3/31/02 Floral
- 2/3/02 Outlines of joy
- 1/1/02 Holding it together
2001 (3)
- 11/22/01 Flex-ability
- 9/29/01 Humble warrior
- 7/3/01 Symptoms, waiting for signs
2000 (7)
- 12/15/00 Upward
- 10/12/00 Talking inside out
- 10/9/00 Biblioinsomnia
- 9/29/00 Becoming
- 6/13/00 Selves-realization
- 2/20/00 Falling
- 2/6/00 Pain gain
1999 (10)
- 12/19/99 Dock & thistle
- 10/27/99 Falling up
- 9/11/99 Rain & shine
- 2/15/99 Weary
- 2/8/99 Tuition
- 1/21/99 A turning trial by fire
- 1/12/99 Pain & struggle
- 1/12/99 Brimming
- 1/12/99 Notoolong
- 1/11/99 Seasonal wisdom
1998 (7)
- 7/26/98 Depths
- 6/14/98 Sepulturæ
- 5/18/98 Decide
- 5/15/98 Literary Life
- 1/13/98 Bartleby
- 1/7/98 Dreams & ink
1997 (7)
- 11/14/97 Unabashed
- 11/8/97 Run for it!
- 11/6/97 Minds awash
- 7/11/97 Fortunate misfortunes
- 3/8/97 In progress
- 2/17/97 Illusions
- 1/4/97 Poetherapy
1996 (14)
- 8/4/96 Passed down
- 6/17/96 Agony of anxious
- 5/3/96 Proof of youth
- 5/3/96 Freedumb
- 4/26/96 Depending
- 4/18/96 Time for gratitude
- 4/5/96 Who’s there?
- 4/5/96 Grow love
- 4/5/96 Tempus insaniam
- 3/8/96 Shrewd
- 2/18/96 Tenacious
- 2/12/96 Tired of trying
- 2/5/96 Mind full
- 2/1/96 Logic all
1995 (14)
- 12/29/95 @Risk
- 12/14/95 Self-help
- 11/6/95 Stories of love
- 9/12/95 Petals & leaves
- 9/9/95 Our path
- 8/12/95 Campfire
- 7/13/95 Excite
- 6/10/95 Feelers
- 5/12/95 Chasing the past
- 5/3/95 Heart ink
- 5/1/95 INFj autopsy
- 4/26/95 Close quarters & distant dreams
- 3/14/95 Myelin
- 1/12/95 In pieces
1994 (17)
- 12/11/94 So easy, so hard
- 10/1/94 A dash of heat
- 9/10/94 ¡Peligro!
- 8/18/94 Illumination
- 8/1/94 Vs.
- 7/16/94 Down-mid-uptown
- 6/17/94 X
- 6/11/94 Antennae
- 5/3/94 Paper doesn’t forget
- 4/22/94 Shaken, stirred
- 4/15/94 Sparks & sizzle
- 4/9/94 Cracked
- 4/5/94 Everyone, everywhere
- 2/8/94 Wheee!
- 1/22/94 Inkdreaming
- 1/18/94 Hear & Now
1993 (11)
- 12/31/93 Party angels
- 12/4/93 Winter’ish
- 12/3/93 Voyages
- 11/16/93 Orkestrel
- 11/11/93 Venerable
- 8/15/93 A lesson from clouds
- 4/24/93 Phoenix sun
- 4/3/93 From the library to the park
- 3/21/93 Falling to pieces
- 2/20/93 Simple–minded
- 1/27/93 Giving is getting
1992 (1)
- 10/1/92 A lonely pen at night
1991 (5)
- 12/19/91 Homeward
- 8/28/91 Speedway
- 5/18/91 No.
- 3/9/91 Sylvia’s figs
- 2/24/91 Motherly perseverance
1990 (3)
- 6/8/90 Him
- 3/3/90 Hiding from the sleep cops
- 1/3/90 Sway
1989 (6)
- 12/30/89 Comforter
- 10/27/89 Abridged
- 10/21/89 Venules
- 5/19/89 Dissecting hearts
- 5/12/89 Beyond the horizon
- 1/17/89 Insomniacaholic
1988 (3)
- 12/12/88 It’s staggering
- 4/16/88 April morning
- 1/13/88 Rockers of science
1987 (1)
- 10/26/87 A million invisible nothings
1986 (1)
- 6/28/86 Happy in the forest