Abbe Rolnick's Blog: Abbe's Notes, page 15
August 31, 2023
Making Music
Making Music
Come with me
Where hearts beat
Blend distinct rhythms,
A choir of differences
Harmonized
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August 30, 2023
Laughter and Awe Returns
Abbe’s Ruminations August 2023
Welcome to my newsletter, Abbe’s Ruminations. I mull, contemplate, ponder – old and new experiences, finding what I call the joy and laughter of repetition or the abandonment to not knowing.
Sometimes taking the backseat in a situation places you front and center into the position of seeing what isn’t obvious. This is when improvisation takes over and the best fun begins.
After witnessing an intense swimming competition, on the return, I sat with Paige, the competitor, and her sister Lane.
August 24, 2023
Waking Up
Waking Up
I wake up new
Each day as do you
With luck I meet the new you
And you meet me,
And love what you see.
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August 17, 2023
August 10, 2023
Yours to choose
Yours to Choose
Choose generosity
Of thought, of heart, of giving.
Choose generosity
Of time, of home, of views.
Choose generosity
Of past, present, future.
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August 3, 2023
Do-over Over-done
“Do-over”
As if life is a rehearsal.
Time traveled, repeated pasts,
To get it right.
Would the over be a different lover,
More education, a different job
More adventure?
If I only hadn’t talked in anger
Or loved so freely, or gave more,
Life would be perfect.
Nothing changes if the doer doesn’t.
Hindsight is blind
To spur moment decisions
A cheat sheet wanting answers
To the wrong question.
Over- Done
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July 27, 2023
Ode to Dedos
Ode to dedos
Dedos
Ten on your feet,
Ten on your hands
Dedos de pies
Dedos de manos.
Big toe reigns king
Queen thumb holds court.
Those in between
Balance and clasp
Spread weight and comfort.
Hidden foundations
Calloused workers
Not to abuse.
Refined by shoes.
Polished and manicured.
Dressed in warmth,
Socks and gloves.
Ready to run,
Ready to hold,
All for our loves.
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Abbe’s Ruminations: Newborn Babies the beginning of life
Welcome to my newsletter, Abbe’s Ruminations. I mull, contemplate, ponder – old and new experiences, finding what I call the joy and laughter of repetition or the abandonment to not knowing.
I have babies on my mind and in my heart. Yes, the first of my two expectant children, has given birth. Humble pride swells my entire being and releases tears. Beginnings continue what generations before left behind. Foundations, paths, and traditions welcome the new energy of the sleepy blob that curls fingers into fists eager to hold hands, legs that kick and retreat into a burrowed nest. This bundle of joy will soon open its eyes, become aware and find footing
Newborns like swimmers leave the inner world of mother’s plentiful womb, a fish out of water learning to survive.
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July 20, 2023
Underwear
Underwear
Beneath the neat veneer of costumes
Fitted or billowed,
Muted or embellished,
Bare skin
Wears no sin.
For the bottom cushions
And the top jiggles
Like my thoughts
Soften with giggles,
I philosophize,
Villainize, and capitalize.
There is more to what you see,
For underneath
I lay myself bare.
And sometimes refuse,
Underwear.
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July 13, 2023
Coming Home
Home again
My stomach complains.
I fast on the intensity of flavors.
Satisfied to stir-fry crisp vegetables.
Not to remove knowledge
But to cleanse the senses.
Home again
I absorb the quiet.
Revisit moments
I sit in my brown chair,
And rest. A clear mind,
My home receives me
I nestled with the new
Changed, I’m still me.
Home again.
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