I am reading “The Timeless Way of Building” by Christopher Alexander, and I can not recommend this book highly enough. Go buy a copy, or borrow it from the library, or read it online here.
Archive for January, 2008
The Timeless Way of Building
January 27, 2008thank you
January 14, 2008happy new year mother
and I’m late in my “thank you”s
worn through like old skin
a toss me not of reminiscence
oh the days been gone so long
so long long lullaby
another rainbow to remember you
and I do in my heart’s
half treasured innocence
I do in this thought filled
thank you
not just yet
January 14, 2008the snow returns to us
from silvered skies
as a great exhalation
unfurling winter
when will we forget
to blanket the world
with clarity and the
full breath of dreams
not just yet
the great vehicle
January 12, 2008was it the gas or the breaks
you embraced during the accident
flying into the great vehicle
crumple zone unfolding
unrelenting death
was your breath “not just yet”
or “thank you”
Thoughts from a snowboard
January 12, 2008Floating down the slope,
Cutting deep groves
Through the illusion of control.
Flying into the unknown.
I went snowboarding this week on Mt Washington. It’s the first time that my body has “got it” as far as snowboarding is concerned, and I was finally able to go mostly where I wanted without falling down. It helped that [...]
Thoughts from a ferry
January 12, 2008Today I return home.
I have made the bed,
And swept the floor,
So the house will be ready.
Light candles in the windows,
And set out the welcome mat.
I will make the way clear
In this perfect house,
So I can return home.
I wrote this in New Zealand on the ferry several years back, and thought of it again taking [...]
