I am told I sat there still no movement in my toddler body entranced while gazing down upon the back yard scene from my second-story...

bloom where you are don’t fill your mind with what-ifs bloom where you are don’t fill your being with second-guesses bloom where you are...

blossom receives the weight of plentiful rain showers no resistance here Annie Kiyonaga June 12, 2021

(A heart given to me by an elementary school student. It was sweet and unexpected.) Some thoughts that came my way recently... We are in...

profusion of scent... encircling nectarean generosity Annie Kiyonaga 2021

it is an ancient imperative a message filtering through to humanity stretching back toward infinite beginnings and travelling the...

rising sun echoes light rippling across the waters she is not hurried Annie Kiyonaga 2021

golden light displays both ray and curve abounding exquisite, our star... Annie Kiyonaga May 26, 2021

I singing flamboyance standalone red Hibiscus unabashed daring Annie Kiyonaga 2021

tree brittle and dry births green shoots so tenderly no need for regret Annie Kiyonaga 2021

coming back from a walk in the south of France a leaf sweeping and falling in my direction saying hello and goodbye for now as with every...

there are rivers to ride waves to catch in this life a grace-filled manner to pirouette and leap at one with our destiny in song and...

Swayambhu Self-borne...alone though one with all... pure awareness when primary, frees Annie Kiyonaga May, 2021 Addendum: Swayambhu is a...

luminosity in collusion with that orb dapples and adorns Annie Kiyonaga May, 2021

motherhood heralds sweet and fierce dedication to love, so much love... Annie Kiyonaga Mother’s Day, 2021

unabashed scarlet tall-standing and generous garden undismayed Annie Kiyonaga May, 2021

Roots roots intertwining tapestry of humming light life-sustaining reach downward Annie Kiyonaga 2021

orchid blooms beguile beauty arrests wandering fuchsia/white speckles Annie Kiyonaga 2021

Many years ago, in the eighties, while residing at my teacher’s ashram in India, all was going well except for one minor ailment. More...

(Joseph’s artwork in fourth grade) he comes home carrying his ‘brag’ bag filled with momentoes from a year of kindergarten report card...