Passing

The Elders: Jeanne @ 75 Bugs @ 18

Age spots dance: champagne

bubbles on the skin of life

“veteran lovers”

Park City Greeting

Moose Welcome in Park City

Will the ski lift hold me?
Will your hot tubs overflow??
Will the pool be deep enough?
Will my herd hang low?

What will you feed us?
In the tabernacle halls?
Will you bring the elders
To decorate the stalls?

Blessings on the aspens
And the mountains white with snow;
Blessings on the Utah way
That blesses buck and doe.

TELLING TIME

tick-tock click clock

Introduced the “clock-man” to my 4 year old:
Little hand, big hand, forward move: one, two, three.
Time passes on the clock, on the calendar too
But touchstones stay the same for you and me.

Little hand, big hand, forward move: one, two, three.
Tick-tock, click-clock arrows speed to lead
Us to the dreams we paint: the hopes, the deeds.

Time passes on the clock; on the calendar too
Weeks, to months, to years, to lives…
Then on to memories worn on our hides, insides, tribes.

But touchstones stay the same for you and me.
The elders molt to spirits; the new reach for our care
Our nostrils scent the musk of need and nurture everywhere.