Brilliant Blue (a haibun)

 This morning I clearly remembered seeing a Blue Jay in my dream.  It looked like this:

I was so delighted to see it! I did register, however, that it didn’t look like most Jays I know…the typical Blue Jay or even the Florida Scrub Jay. They both have a bit more black and/or white. I knew in my dream the bird looked different. It also was fairly large. The feeling I had seeing this bird was pure joy.

The photo above is Unicolor Jay. It lives in Mexico and other parts of Central America. I have never heard of it, nor did I know it existed. Yet, there it was making its presence known in my dream.

I looked up what having a Blue Jay in a dream means, and was glad to see it was positive. I will end this with a haiku I wrote in honor of this small experience that looms large inside me today.

Feathers brilliant blue

Bringing me perseverance 

Peace and harmony

Smile

 I just read “Tony Bennett Sings ‘Smile’ for You” by David Kirby 

in which he strangely combines commentary on the song and the songwriter

 Charlie Chaplin, as well as a story from the concentration camps and a meeting 

of Holocaust survivors years later. David does that kind of thing and makes it work.

 Reading his poetry always makes me see how the seemingly 

discordant parts of my life and existence actually weave together into a whole. 

And that is worthwhile to remember and makes me smile.

I can keep going

When I find a way to smile

And look to the Light

43. Quaranteaching (a haibun)

#64Challenge

Today I feel surprisingly good. The giant question mark of yesterday is behind me. I have figured out how to set myself up for best productivity, as well as a schedule that fits. My energy is on high today because I took care of myself yesterday by doing the things that feed my heart and soul.  This is quaranteaching, and it will have highs and lows. But that's okay.

Sharing our voices

Reaching out to each other

Learning through screen life.