Ganapati Grows

It's been a long while since I've written at all about Ganapati. I've taken my one woman show to the LGBT Center at UWM to bring yoga to all who are inclined and frequent the center. It's been a great experience doing yoga in a public space, with folks passing in and out, our mats simply in the middle of the common room. It's a different kind of experience then the usual soothing, zen space. Not bad, just different and it fosters a kind of intense focus as your mind competes for your own attention with all the distractions. It's "fine focus" yoga.

Any suggestions for teaching in this environment are welcome.....

Namaste!

Scene One


Hard wind in October blows the patio furniture off the deck
Upending the balance of summer

Moments ago
Your bike was abandoned on the driveway
Colored by chalk and pink nail polish

In old shorts and hand-me-down t-shirt
You ran with shouts and in character
Filling in the space where sunshine stopped in the corners of the afternoon

The trees,
Full and green as shade umbrellas
for little bodies interlaced with sweat and bandaids
playing like nothing else mattered

It’s all changing and
soon will be gone

hoping for another chance to get it right

Introduction

We sat there awkwardly
waiting for something to change

cars on the highway rushed by
leaving shooting trails of light and dirt
a shot of anticipation

Watching your car
winding quickly around the corner
the way it goes when you've come to far to go back

Barefoot and wearing a winter coat in fall
you offer up your hand and
an almost sigh

more information to manage

All compressed into minutes, dark and mostly wordless
we handled the boys from one car to another

(for Lisa)

Hi. It's been a long, long time. I quite simply forgot about this blog for a while. I forgot the password and everything. It was interesting to me that a few people had noticed it and left a comment. Anyway, I need an outlet for writing. So this blog is going to be it. Get ready, set, go....