Haiku for every day of December 2022
December 1
Central Market life
Visit Shannon and Oleg
Rest on those soft beds
December 2
Marble Falls parade
Blue Bonnet Café – high pie
Lights with Mike, Diane
December 3
Jasper’s first soccer
All the kids are three years old
And he just loved it
December 4
U pick strawberries
Marble Falls, warm in the sun
Texas December!
December 5
Leave my mind behind
Horizon swells with wonder
Now the sun’s rising
December 6
Zoom! We’re together
C-U SD Christmas time
Sharing music, prayers
December 7
Grandma and Jasper
Put their heads and hands to work:
Make gingerbread men
December 8
Jan’s our leader now
Share Springfield SD stories
Together on Zoom
December 9
Breakfast at Wendy’s
Eat croissants and read a book
Next door to Costco
December 10
just me and Jasper
Library sand art necklace
And Culver’s custard
December 11
Christmas party, then
Our sing-a-long Messiah
In the starlit night
December 12
St. Francis’ Christmas
Chesterton Society
Pour House pizza, beer
December 13
Marg hosts Cultivate
Seven women in our house
She spreads hosting wings
December 14
Perfect verb – finished!
Grace upon grace – just receive
It’s not salary
December 15
Grace breaks out – loves us
Come! Throw ourselves at his feet
The word became flesh
December 16
Divine baby talk
We lay our heads on God’s breast
Like John, like Jesus
December 17
Date with George and Anne
Austin Chorus Christmas show
Reales Cafe
December 18
Our Empty Nesters
So many new friends at church
And potluck today
December 19
One expanding point
Now God enters into us
The Word became flesh
December 20
Suffer children, come
Suffer, child, so you can hear
Suffer and be glad
December 21
Sick into death, I
Sleep, eyes closed, just one more time
Healing in the night
December 22
I long to see God
No wonder I crave silence
Carve it out in time
December 23
Baby in the trough
Hark the herald angels sing
Rise, David, and live
December 24
Hospitality
Our house, appetizers, church
And our nearby lights
December 25
Morning adventure
Jasper jumping up and down
“It’s Christmas! Christmas!”
December 26
Guitars sit silent
Up against the Christmas tree
Repeat sounding joy
December 27
Thousands of bright lights
Walhill just behind our house,
Deer rest in the grass
December 28
Southwest crushed Chris’ plans
Now they can’t come to Austin
So … Zoom party games
December 29
Ice cream museum
All pink, sugar and playground
Once, more than enough
December 30
Day by day with boys
New Braunfels – Krause, coffee shop
Happy Noon New Year!
December 31
With Ken, Machiko
Wild boys, so excited
Eat New Year’s beef stew
