here, kitty kitty!

I wonder.

how does one feel

when high up in the

mountains? 

where the stars are so close

and the clouds are, too —

where 

it’s as if I can 

run my fingers through their 

fluff 

& sparkle

I imagine

one feels closer to

creation

to

the quiet, to

the divine —I would guess — 

closer to curiosity

perhaps, even

to safety 

to…

love? even…

allthewhile

in my pocket sit crumpled up tissues,

odd coins and even odder fuzzes;

yet 

in my lungs, dance crisp mountain

airs

filled with a pure-ity previously

unbeknown. and

while 

in the shadows of starlight —

glowing from

whispers of bobcat breaths—

I manage, somehow to 

find you; to

discover us: to unearth

love.

that’s how this one

feels

L.S. 8/3/24

photo is from the Ceraso Family Reunion 2024, taken by our gracious server at Seven Springs Mountain Resort

Every other year, since foreva, my godmother has been organizing a family reunion that originated from a group of siblings who came to America in the late 19th century — you guessed it…we’re all related to the ‘Nuts… (I would be surprised if you were actually surprised at this tidbit of knowledge. 😊 If you haven’t already, go to the Menu above & click on, the ‘Nuts, to find out more about these lovelies.) At this point, in 2024, the youngest generation are fairly distantly “related,” but that matters not, as the stories we share manage to somehow bring us all a little closer together.

So there we were, only two weeks ago, in the mountains of Pennsylvania —Seven Springs Mountain Resort, to be precise — and I am once again overwhelmed by family, by love, and by nature. Unique to this reunion, however, we saw a real live bobcat in the flesh! Please refer to cousin Jimmy McDermott’s action photo below, of said feline…Can you see the the white-ish blob? Well… that would be the bobcat… hahahaha. I swear, all four of us who were together saw it!!

Wising you well. Until next time! 🫶🏻