I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees. ~ Pablo Neruda Amazing photography by Graham Owen.
This Valentines Day Let Go and Embrace Love
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.” ~ Sophocles Valentine’s Day hasn’t always been a happy celebration for me – you know, love lost, heartache, bla bla bla. Then one day I woke up and realized that I still had love to give, that love was as real... Continue Reading →
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind Mr. Valentine?
Here is my annual tribute to Mr. Valentine, where ever he is.. I wrote this for Valentine's Day, it is special to my heart, and very personal. I hope it will speak to you in some way. Happy Valentine's Day all you beautiful loving people - take this day to relish in the ability we... Continue Reading →
The Magic of You
I'd rather deal with the pain of trying to get to you than the pain of losing you…
Intimacy . . .
Intimacy I want to see you. Know your voice. Recognize you when you first come 'round the corner. Sense your scent when I come into a room you've just left. Know the lift of your heel, the glide of your foot. Become familiar with the way you purse your lips then let them part,... Continue Reading →
We are All Women
We are All Women "We may be heroic after our fashion, disciplined warriors of our craft, yet are we all the women, for we exult in passion, and love is still our desire - our crowning and our shame.” ~ Thomas Mann
Champagne & Vintage Cocktails from The Ritz
Champagne & Vintage Cocktails from The Ritz A revised and updated version of a popular blog post! I have to start this post out with a chuckle, because I am not a big drinker. My daughter says that in 2012 her mother "discovered" wine - well in 2015 I discovered whiskey! I am learning! The... Continue Reading →
Today I am thinking about my family and my sweet parents. My dad is fighting for his life against stupid cancer and is struggling so, yet with the strongest will and spirit I have ever seen! My mom is right by his side, after 60+ years, he is ever her love and serves him with... Continue Reading →
New Musings on Love
New Musings on Love When it comes, I feel completely distracted. Getting me to focus on the things that matter is like pulling skin off my bones. Funny how unpredictably these moments are, when the muse, my passions, utterly consume me. What is that? Why? It comes upon me like an obsession, like a brain... Continue Reading →
Captured
Captured There is a wholeness that sometimes I don’t understand A feeling in my heart of being 10 again The joy of being with and looking at this man …You have captured my heart © Sandy Hibbard
Must it end so it can begin?
Must it end so it can begin? The heart grows heavy in routine unimagined predictability must I lay aside my dream? Pick up a leaf and examine with a careful eye underneath the veins are sharp pulsing life like a network of bones held together by the fabric of its hide but the struggle... Continue Reading →
Conversations of love For days I languish in love and sensual thoughts. The sweltering heat keeps me inside my house, musing over photographs from the past, evoking laughter and tears, joy and anger...love and passion. Sickness grips me for weeks, months on end yet, there is a sweet languor about the days that have... Continue Reading →
Invisible Selfies
Invisible Selfies - You never saw the selfies I took after midnight Or read the poetry I wrote about my muse The texts where I shared my thoughts and wonderings I deleted They will never bother you - You never heard my passion or kissed away my tears So many nights your photos sang my... Continue Reading →
A Love Song
Every year as the ground slowly awakens to Spring, the birds emerge with their songs boasting their comeliness, inviting their potential mate with a whistle, and defending their realm with a rant . Here is an ode to these little creatures and the songs they sing to each other... XOXO Sandy A Love Song Following the... Continue Reading →
Love’s Anatomy
Feel the sun on your skin and smell nature in the air. Don’t miss this moment because of something stupid you or someone did in the past, let it go, living is now. . . XOXO Love’s Anatomy ~ your sculpted chest holds the breath that brings me your heart ~ your longish fingers caress... Continue Reading →
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