Monday's poem and the apocalypse
The world sure feels overwhelming right now. Fires, and the pandemic. Earthquakes and images of desperation as people cling to an...
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sabrina lloyd
Aug 10, 20212 min read
Leaving social media and choosing the snail
I've just finished the most amazing book, The Sound Of A Wild Snail Eating. I don't know why this book, of all the books I've read and...
sabrina lloyd
Jul 17, 20211 min read
Dear Friday, on a Saturday, I offer you this poem....
Season to Season by Clive James I have been fooled before, and just because This summer seems so long, it might not be My last. Winter...
sabrina lloyd
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Dancing in daffodils
The garden's weeds look to me as if in battle. The beach calls to be walked, to swim in the coldest water I have known. Acres of forests...
sabrina lloyd
Jul 13, 20211 min read
The year of July and Monday's poem
A slip of the tongue; A beautiful new way to measure time. The summer days lend themselves to that feeling the days will not end, the...
sabrina lloyd
Jul 10, 20211 min read
Summer days and the sweetest little gallery
I am letting summer in. The rest, slow down. Heat making limbs loose; Naps always on the edge of fingers. Long walks on the beach,...
sabrina lloyd
Jul 6, 20211 min read
Monday's poem and life lately
The heatwave passed. Long walks on the beach. Homemade ice cream in bowls made by my own hands. Still in awe of being home. The beauty...
sabrina lloyd
Jul 3, 20212 min read
Dear Friday, from an island in the Salish Sea
I've been absent from this space. The travel home, the resettling, readjusting. Beds to make, friends to reconnect with. Seeds planted in...
sabrina lloyd
Jun 22, 20211 min read
Monday's poem
By Mary Oliver, From The Book Of Time, poem 1. I rose this morning early as usual, and went to my desk. But it's spring, and the thrush...
sabrina lloyd
May 28, 20211 min read
Dear Friday,
It's been a good week. Busy, and full. I am taking three art classes and getting so much out of each. Feeling more free, trusting my...
sabrina lloyd
Apr 10, 20211 min read
Warmth
It's hard living in two places. Both offer us something so rich and important for our souls and happiness. On the island, it's the...
sabrina lloyd
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Dear Friday,
Could you never tell a lie? Not even a small one. How you are, what you think, what you need. I listened to a podcast this week about...
sabrina lloyd
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Between 2 worlds
I’ve been on this expat journey years longer than a decade now. From one country to another, we move and settle only to uproot once...
sabrina lloyd
Mar 14, 20202 min read
Nutrition
It’s been a crazy time. It is a crazy time. I vacillate between calm trust, and pure anxiety. For someone already prone to anxiety this...
sabrina lloyd
Jan 28, 20202 min read
Tea time
Radical self-care. I’ve found myself gently easing into this. No big new year’s resolution. No waking up on the 1st with a whole new...
sabrina lloyd
Dec 4, 20191 min read
A day in gold
“This World” by Mary Oliver I would like to write a poem about the world that has in it nothing fancy. But it seems impossible. ...
sabrina lloyd
Nov 12, 20192 min read
Little bird
A bird hit our window today. It’s happened before. Thankfully, not often. Our windows are so big and beautiful. So easily missed in...
sabrina lloyd
Sep 13, 20192 min read
The Dragonfly
We didn’t expect to find it, so late in summer, with fall only some wind gusts away. My son caught it, called us over. We didn’t expect...
sabrina lloyd
Oct 20, 20182 min read
Home is where….
We’ve always traveled with all of our things. Our home shut up in boxes, shipped across oceans, unloaded and unpacked, bringing our...
sabrina lloyd
Jun 10, 20183 min read
Tender
I left my dog at his new home today. The lovely people who asked to take him have been waiting anxiously, their arms looking to pet and...
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