square bails of sweet hay bound with summer sweat and twine resting in the loft #DailyHaikuPrompt

A new day. A new chance to succeed. The thing about last minute tasks isn't that they're last minute. It's that they're sometimes necessary. Cooking dinner is almost always done "last minute" so it can be served hot and fresh. I'm a "look in the pantry, what can I make?" kind of guy. It can be frustrating to be racing the clock as unfinished tasks pile up, but staying calm lets me put my energy on the tasks. Whatever your last minute tasks might be, I hope you face them calmly #today

old when I was young grandmother's quilt warms my nights heavy with her love #DailyHaikuPrompt

A new day. A new chance to succeed. Pondering my word of the year for next year. Practice has done yeoman's work this year. It's gotten me over some difficult hurdles. I feel like I owe it another year, but that feels like a cop out on doing the work of thinking about where I am and where I'd like to be. Yet when I consider alternatives, they feel flat. Rigid. Confining. Not what I want for the coming year. May you find some moments of quiet contemplation in your day #today

mother nature shrugs donning her winter overcoat pure white snow drifting #DailyHaikuPrompt

A new day. A new chance to succeed. I didn't intend to get up this early. I just woke up and got moving. I don't have anything pressing. No big projects waiting for me. Not even any neglected chores. Funny how that happens sometimes. I do like the quiet before the day begins. A few moments to myself. To do or not do. I'm ticking off the morning boxes as I go. Nothing earthshaking. I can smell the coffee brewing. I should get some. I hope your day starts as peacefully as mine has #today

longest to shortest solstice pendulum swinging the ancient cycle #DailyHaikuPrompt

A new day. A new chance to succeed. A quiet day planned. I'm up early, waiting for the coffee to finish brewing. The rest of the household still asleep. I savor these early hours with few demands and little noise. Before I become embroiled in the day's routines and expectations. It's expectations that usually trip me up. I have so few I get surprised when others have them of me. For now, I have some quiet to listen to myself. I hope you find a few moments of peace in your day #today

flakes partly melted snow refrozen in on high hard rain when it falls #DailyHaikuPrompt

A new day. A new chance to succeed. Calm morning. Me, not the wind, which has come up again. A good reminder. No matter how calm I might be, it won't last. The winds will return, buffeting my body, roaring in my ears. Maybe not right away but they will come. Likewise, they'll recede, leaving me to clean up the branches and leaves left in their wake. Just a variation on chop wood, carry water. May the winds, or at least your mind, be calm #today