RainbowHawk

Beloved teacher and friend.

RainbowHawk

6/28/12

We met some eighteen years ago,

you were near 72, me aged 40,

I was ending a marriage, and seeking,

hoping to reconnect with my spirit,

with WindEagle you birthed Windtree,

where unlike yoga community at Mt. Madonna

there were hugs, laughter, times shared,

while willing to trade carpentry skills

for 'Earth Wisdom Teachings' of Mayan origin,

people who came enjoyed warm humanness,

discovered wisdom together during ceremonies,

stringing the beads, listening your explanations,

often long, full of enthusiasm to share,

as a Law Dog fierceness was needed,

seeing room for improvement in all territories

of a person, people, communities, and world,

from storied life a shaman's foresight evolved

marrying a great desire to be in service

striving to heal the hoop of 20 Count Creation,

this endeared anyone experiencing the authentic

soul courage exuding through your strong body,

decisive heart mind, adventuresome passion,

and inspirational creative freedom as a sacred human,

wherein we loved, cherished, appreciated you as friend,

brother, teacher, father, grandfather, and companion,

claiming you as our very potent RainbowHawk.

Completion

The Spitzer children with our beloved Mumsie at her 88th birthday.

Completion

6/4/12

Endings eventually come,

usher in

beginnings,

Mother's last breath

inaugurates new

era,

delivers opportunity to

re-create my

world,

using moment in

time as

marker,

catalyst, choice point,

declaring major

shift

in myriad Life

territories, releasing,

receiving,

after precious magnitude

of Existence

lands,

recognizing how fleeting

living becomes

when

Death strips protective

layers, filters,

revealing

what's truly important

to pursue

now,

while directing my

story toward

completion.

This Is It

Mom on first day of packing for a retirement home.

This Is It

6/2/12

Each moment, more

so when

'passing'

through process of

releasing physical

mantle,

the 'Inevitable' turns

expectations upside

down,

dreams crash within

now surreal

living,

feelings, emotions, erupt

in every

witness

effected by magnitude

of cyclical

Life,

verily shaking ground

one stands

upon,

as Heaven's gates

open, shatter

hearts

with love for

cherished Soul,

realizing

this is it.

Final Push

Job site set up for doing crown molding on new Byzantine Jewelry store.
Pacific Ave. Santa Cruz, California

Final Push

6/1/12

Within life, work,

love, reside

cycles,

from holistic perspective

Existence simply

persists,

western linear thought

engages separation

mentality,

imagines beginning, end,

everything else

between,

invested  in timelines,

dates, always

measuring,

while stressful expectations

for meeting

'deadline'

rob situation of

playful anticipation,

excitement,

near 'completed' phase,

which naturally

dovetails

next moment, absent

final push.

Taken

'Taken' by Scottish storms, rainbows, Scridain, Isle of Mull, winter 2006.

View from Isle of Iona, Scotland.

Taken

5/31/12

Abruptly, surprisingly, unannounced,

fated opportunity

ascends,

inspires soulful contemplation,

engages energized

curiosity

in person, place,

thing, expansive

concept,

natural bubbly feelings ...

stimulating body,

mind,

spirit, opening heart

toward possibility,

potential,

life serendipity offers

each moment,

longer,

if destined beyond,

as attraction

expands

individual 'storied circle',

introduces feasible

inclusion

of miracles through

playfully poetic

actions

when mysteriously 'taken'.

Adaptation

Opportunity to adapt each moment in process of adding color to tattoo.

Adaptation

5/30/12

Nature does this,

as do

humans,

for better, worse,

though former

flourishes,

the latter endures

having little

faith,

trying to survive,

with small

beliefs kept in box

creating false

security,

forgetting constant renewal

is 'self

care',

through cycles of

sprouting to

compost,

rooted in Earth,

reaching toward

Sun,

Life invites relaxed

stretching and

adaptation.

Getting There

A wee obstacle to avoid when rafting the Tuolumne River in California.

Getting There

5/29/12

Is half the

fun, probably

all,

when inviting courage,

calm, humor,

love,

to anything new

that challenges

equanimity,

the often elusive

center greatness

imbibes,

not matter one's

actions, big,

small,

intend the quality

of inspirational

success,

as if destined,

though surprised

constantly

on unexplored river

promising last

breath ...

enjoy getting there.

In Memorial

My father, Robert Franklin Spitzer, and younger brother Keith.

In Memorial

5/28/12

Photographs are valued

in Spitzer

family,

thousands taken over

years of

living

represent growing lineage

through storied

cycles,

children, teenagers, adults,

times, places,

reunions,

numerous Mom made

collages capture

decades,

our grandparents long

past, and

Dad,

sparking recollected experiences

in each

sibling

who gazes upon

images, travels

back,

remembers warm hand,

heart, laughter,

smile,

voice in song,

quiet strength,

inspiration,

love, in memorial.

Environments

My home environment greatly influences me daily.

Soquel, California

Environments

5/26/12

Turns out genetics

are not

predisposed,

that surrounding circumstances

influence health

quality,

in every realm

outer, inner,

converse,

belief systems effect

all relationship

atmospheres,

rural or urban

beauty enlivens

spirit,

generously positive thoughts,

words, deeds

inspire,

sharing oneself enhances

love, peace,

joy,

supports Great Turning

away from

immoral

poverty, hateful war,

denigrating environments.

Hard, Soft

Wind, water, earth, with fire in hearth of red roofed croft.

'Scridain' alongside the Ross of Mull, Isle of Mull, Scotland.

Hard, Soft

5/25/12

Ego and mind

commandeer the

former,

spirit and heart

contain the

latter,

life holds supple

flexibility of

baby,

death inhabits cold,

stiffly brittle

shell,

humans are varietal

compositions within

generalizations,

paradox, bit pieces,

reflecting elemental

world,

gusting wind, dank

earth, cleansing

water,

volatile fire, enlivening

Soul's personality

characteristics,

decidedly contracted, expanded,

hard, soft.