At a floor-to-ceiling window in my home library, there's a flat spot on the hardwood floor. It's the only space along that floor that doesn't shine.
The shine was worn away over the years by family dogs---first Lady and then Jack---who spent a lot of time lying at that window watching the world go by.
Every day in every season, we humans would sit and sip our coffee in that room, and a dog was always at that window near us. It was a comfort we enjoyed, the dog and its people; it's a comfort we haven't enjoyed since our "doberperson" Jack's death in 2009.
Sometimes my husband Bob will say to me, "We need to sand that section of the floor and restore the finish."
And I will always answer, "I don't want to do that. That flat spot is a memory, and I won't let it go."
So the flat spot will remain without its former shine. A souvenir of something special in our lives.
---Rose M., April 21, 20ll
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
APRIL HAS MORE THAN ONE FACE...
This very wintry April 2011 has seemed so permanent. Then I found this free-form poem in my journals, and it reminded that April isn't always what this year's has been. And so I share this poem with you to remind you, as it reminded me, that Spring always does arrive, however late. (R.Moore)
APRIL DAYS...
Snow this morning put a grizzled face on April
and I complained
some awful snowy day this is
some awful day
some awful snowy April day
And then I conjured in my mind
the magic of some different April days
some sweet-surprise-you April days
beaming sunny
warm and cheerful
April days
Sandwiched brilliant in between the
cloudy rainy
icy snowy
final-winter-tantrum
cold and gloomy
April days
Delightful days of April witchcraft
prancing in
on kindly breeze
and softening sun
blithe and charming
oh seductive
April days
Precious and more prized
than later days
of spring and summer
richer by rambunctious contrast
gladsome
bright and sunny
warm and sexy siren
April days
--rose moore April 3, 1994, written on a deep-snow Easter morning, preceded by a spectacular day of 70 degrees
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