Julanne's Village Jewels

                                                                                                                                                                           WHISTLING DUCKS UNEXPECTED One day, my son discovered some mold in the corner of my living room. It just appeared, or so it seems. I called Maintenance to check it out and sure enough, it was mold that had to be treated soon! The Village provided a guest apartment for me for 3 nights. It was a lovely apartment, completely furnished and very comfortable. It was not far from my apartment so I brought some essentials with me and settled into new 'quarters'. It was indeed UNEXPECTED but I have adapted readily and very well. (Big) changes are usually unnerving for me but I knew it was only 3 nights. This ADJUSTMENT made me realize how much I love my apartment, my furnishings, my view, my location and my BLESSINGS! To be relocated so effortlessly was such a gift. It could have been very daunting, but alas, it was no

BLUEBIRD LISTENING I have completely fallen in love  with WORDS, once again! Lately, I have been LISTENING to POETRY written by Mary Oliver, (a precious soul who has passed away in the last few years). Her WORDS have AWAKENED the poet in me  and I am having the feeling of falling in love! I love going outside and sitting on my bench,(any bench really) watching and LISTENING to the birds, the ducks splash and frolic in the lake, the silence of the bugs creeping by. . . It is marvelous  to have woken up  to such splendor! NATURE is so filled with SOUNDS, even if they are silent. I can hear sounds rambling about that I know have no volume but I  hear  something anyway. There is something distinctly different about LISTENING  to someone simply reading it! I never knew ??? Perhaps it's the lilt in her voice or the IMAGINATION she brings up that makes it so fascinating to me! As I was LISTENING today, I fell asleep and the poem was over. suddenly my mind was filled  with my own  poetry