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something to think about today

Sometimes you have to take the leap and build your wings on the way down.   Yamada

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Take Joy

Essay 2-09-2009 – Nancy Bo Flood
A toddler holds onto the edge of the couch. She looks at you, grins… lets go. Her whole face lights up with joy and satisfaction. Then she frowns, concentrates and ever so carefully reaches out one foot, then the other, hands outstretched, balancing.
Take joy. Each step.

And then begin again, trying, [...]

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What is Life?

What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across the grass
And loses itself in the sunset.
Crowfoot,  Siksika  (Blackfoot)

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Desert Wind, Spring Wind

Listen to a performance Desert Wind, Spring Wind by Bo Flood, at www.cricketmagkids.com
Performed by Pablo R., Dana R., Rebecca O., and Jon R.
A performance poem in two voices, published in Cricket Magazine, March/April 2009

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