So fellow travelers, sitting at in the library of the high school where I work, I sensed a change in the ambient light. After hours of grey lake effect squalls driven by a subzero wind chill brutal enough to delay school for two hours yesterday morning, the sun had managed to push a few rays […]
All posts in category Poems and Haiku
Red Sky of Friendship
So fellow travelers, this morning’s sunrise gave me the photo I needed to illustrate a bit of poetry I wrote last month as I headed East for a weekend reunion with some of my creative group friends. Sometimes, you just have to follow your heart right into the eye of the storm. The Red Sky […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on February 11, 2015
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Lemonade
So fellow travelers, many recent events in my own life and the lives of many I am blessed to call friends have me thinking about a concept known as “framing.” “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” It’s a familiar phrase, one which evokes an accepting nod of the head, an acknowledging shrug of […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 28, 2015
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Shared Post: Love Held Close
So fellow travelers, a truly special guest post today. This link will bring you to a moving and beautiful poem about the love we have for our companion animals written by the talented Kate Rantilla, a fellow Creative Bedlam Group member, someone I am also blessed to call friend and Spirit Sister. Kate is one […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 14, 2015
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Ho Mitakuye Oyasin: We are All Related
So fellow travelers some of the best moments from the Bedlam Open House weekends are the spontaneous side trips and adventures shared with fellow “farmies.” Those are the times when relationships initiated in the on-line group are forged into genuine friendships. During the open house last October, Donna Bolls asked if I would like to […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 10, 2015
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Black Crow Haiku
So fellow travelers, a little side trip while I work on the remaining photos for the Round Lake series. Two weeks ago I was blessed to return to Cambridge, NY for the Open House at Bedlam Farm. On one hand it seems like just yesterday I was hugging my Creative Groupies and wandering the autumn […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 27, 2014
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Haiku for a friend
So fellow travelers, one of the many benefits of being in the Bedlam Creative Group is the genuine friendships that have evolved. My good friend, Kate Rantilla recently had a birthday. Kate is a fellow poet, photographer and blogger whom I met a little over a year ago. She and I shared a moment of […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on September 22, 2014
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Time Thief
So fellow travelers, my great hiking adventure post is in edit mode, meanwhile family matters of a somewhat volatile nature blew in and stole away my writing time. Family first and anyways this storm would not be ignored. Its emotions raged on par with the flood waters that threatened to wash out the trails we […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 23, 2014
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Buddha Rock
So fellow travelers, I have just returned from several days of camping in a favorite spot. It proved to be exciting in an unexpected way. Details to follow soon. For now I leave you to contemplate The Buddha Rock The Buddha rock sits it gathers no moss for soon storms waters will come. […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 21, 2014
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In the Garden
So fellow travelers, this journey we call life sometimes takes us to a passage difficult to navigate. One of my Bedlam Farm friends Denise Gainey, has been journaling about just such a time. Her writing is powerfully honest, without the slightest hint of self pity. I have learned valuable lessons from her experience. They are […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 12, 2014
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