Parked uptown early for a meeting and I miss you so I run down to see you and there you are and you are busy being you and I laugh. I laugh and my hands are blistering cold and these clothes for a meeting mock me. But I hold that cold metal box with the lens and you laugh back.
The ice sheets in essence, sank. Popping up their tips like little icebergs.
The ice sheets in essence, sank. Popping up their tips like little icebergs.
A crowd this morning. And we laughed at how it felt like Trick-or-Treat.
Dear Anonymous,
A crowd this morning. And we laughed at how it felt like Trick-or-Treat. Long on the treats I'm happy to report.
Someone was disgruntled that so-and-so got a coffee card and 'he don't deserve it.'
Afterwards, after coffee cards are dispersed, socks find new homes, hand warmers are stuffed into pockets, gloves and pants are rifled through, I ask just a few,
What shall we do? Set up a table. With someone with a clipboard. And do extensive interviews to determine deservedness?'
Nah.
Not gonna happen.
Socks. Coffee cards and the connection to community.I am grateful for smiles this morning. There's always gratitude expressed. There is also pain and desperation expressed. Theirs. Mine. Ours.
Coffee cards and socks. Thank you Dear Anonymous, thank you.
And whoever left bags of socks at my door, thank you. Much appreciated and already distributed.
Where you built your tent in the temporary jungle at tides edge. At the edge of light.
Where you built your tent in the temporary jungle at tides edge. At the edge of light. Love at first sight. Love at first light.
Winter Fishing. Stay safe out there. In some way so many wait for your return.
Winter Fishing. Stay safe out there. In some way so many wait for your return. Each of you that push off each dawn. Not much said. But we wait. Part of us waits.
Just pick one up and see it in the light.' something said.
Just pick one up and see it in the light.' something said.
'Any piece at all will do. Quick, before the sun makes it vanish back to the sea. Just any piece will do.'
and the piece I grab looks like this and the stories begin.
A thought passed like a whisper. Like a hushed whisper into my ear.
A thought passed like a whisper. Like a hushed whisper into my ear. Or at least I thought it was my ear though nothing was actually heard. Did constellations imprint their galactic position onto your body? A star map. A galactic menu.A celestial sentence? And what of it?
There have been other bodies pulled from this sea.
There have been other bodies pulled from this sea.
Ravaging. Ravishing.
Ravaging. Ravishing.
MaineWorks provides employment opportunities and second and third and fourth chances.
MaineWorks provides employment opportunities and second and third and fourth chances. What can support in early recovery look like? Employment in an environment where everyone is familiar with the complex and individual journey of recovery, for one.
Support can look like helping to get someone situated in a sober house that works for them; sometimes as simple as getting them some clothes to start out with. Boots to work in. Safety gear. And urgently, a respectful space in a circle of people trying their damnest to make a new life. Welcome.
It was a delicate life boat. Never sure who might make it. And who might not.
It was a delicate life boat. Never sure who might make it. And who might not.
I may have been screaming in my car. I may have punched the radio.
I may have been screaming in my car. I may have punched the radio. Strangled the steering wheel. But then, you're like this, sort of 'na-na-nan-nah boo boo.'
And I'm done.
The crocheted lace of your icy inner harbor. Cross section of other worldly specimens.
The crocheted lace of your icy inner harbor. Cross section of other worldly specimens.
This is how you barge in, down the river,like a freight train off its tracks
This is how you barge in, down the river,like a freight train off its tracks
For a certain Mason. Jessica Solaguren
For a certain Mason. Jessica Solaguren
Icing on the Cake
Icing on the Cake
Cold enough to kill.
Cold enough to kill. So damn grateful for my boots. Damn grateful for my snow pants. And down layers. And hand warmers. Damn.
This is how you made ice. Like a doily. Like flowers embroidered and stitched into crystals.
This is how you made ice. Like a doily. Like flowers embroidered and stitched into crystals.
The Inner Harbor of Casco Bay. Sea smoke stoking down the river toward the sea.
The Inner Harbor of Casco Bay. Sea smoke stoking down the river toward the sea. Like a silent freight train. Biting. Beautiful.
This young man stopped by for a hug and some blueberry cake and a coffee card.
Dear Anonymous,
This young man stopped by for a hug and some blueberry cake and a coffee card. Speaking clearly. Excited about his apartment. Working with a case worker, and he tells me, 'Staying away from the people I ought to stay away from.'
Noticeably clear headed this morning and it was lovely to see him.
Meanwhile,it's damn cold. Mike has been wandering around all night. Stomach upset. Huddles into granite window ledge outside the coffee shop.Takes a backpack filled with hats and toe warmers to share as he goes along.
No lengthy conversations today...grab a coffee card , some socks, and hand warmers (thank you Dear Anonymous) and go find a place inside.