Telling time, counting sparks . . .

It's the Satyr's day and fittingly lots o' flatsam and jetsam in the Mailbox . . .

Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. – Mary Oliver

Today is the birthday date of Kathleen Jamie. The Scottish poet and essayist was born in 1962 Renfrewshire, Scotland. In 2021 she was named Scotland's fourth Makar, the national poet laureate of Scotland.

Listen to me as one listens to the rain,
not attentive, not distracted,
light footsteps, thin drizzle,
water that is air, air that is time. . .

– Octavio Paz

Love is a bet, a wild one, placed on freedom. Not my own; the freedom of the Other. – Octavio Paz

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their future.” – F.M. Alexander

'My fingers emit sparks of fire with expectation of my future labours.' – William Blake