There is value in weighing your words. As a leader, you craft your message because you know how important it is that it lands in […]
Spotlight the Bright
I know it’s too soon for another gratitude list, but it’s been a long day and when I’m having rough feelings it help to spotlight […]
Tunnels
Emotions are a tunnelYou need to move all the way throughIt’s hopeful, because there’s a promise impliedThere will be an end, another sideBut tunnels still […]
Weekend Gratitude
Movie night with my mom (Dirty Dancing) I learn how to install two new smoke detectors (see yesterday’s haiku) and only set off the building […]
Adult Haiku
New smoke detectors I hung them on the ceilings I am an adult With Love, Natalie
Greener Grass
VegaArcturusThe space station overhead47 degreesPassing just above the North Star There’s no tightness in my chestBut I’ve prioritized so many thingsIt’s like handing guns out […]
Dickinson
I finished watching season 2 of Dickinson today (a little late, but just in time for the final season to premiere in November). My friends […]
Marbles
In particular minutesI want to collect all the marblesThe blue swirlsThe golden flecksThey’re cool in my handsAnd knock together over my stretching fingersMore, I insist […]
The Evergreen
The leaves brown at the edgesLike a marshmallow on the fireDone just so — goldenWhen I run around the point tonightThe lake smells like fall […]
Pen & Paper
I take to pen and paperIn the middle afternoonInk to work goalsMessy pages of job descriptionsAnd brainstorming annual themes The roots, breaking ground,Blooming, growingI draw […]