The 60-Second Sabbath

Cats

  • The Halves and the Halves Not

    I am a word half-spoken;    you are that word's other half.I am a heart half-broken;    you are that heart's other half. I am a dream half-thought;    you are that dream's other half.I am a lesson half-taught;   … Continue reading

  • Happy Cat

    Two paws knead the air–Open, extend, close, withdraw,Repeat. Pure contentment. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • This Quiet

    This quietembraces,wraps me in stillness; in our new spaceI welcome silence,long-lost friend,and hear thingsfor the first time– the metal wall clock that I purchaseda decade agoticks audibly–tick, tick, tick, tick;ten years passedwithout hearingits heartbeat– when the cats pad across the… Continue reading

  • Catku

    Cat sleeps around cat.Sable bodies become one–union, no pretense. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Snow, Glorious Snow!

    It's snowing here in Denver. Those of you elsewhere in the country may not realize how unusual this is. It's been a very dry winter. Today we are finally having our first significant snowfall of the season, and long overdue. Longtime… Continue reading

  • Willy and Romeo

    My cats are clothed    in night.In darkness    they disappear. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • Yin-Yang

    I come upon the cats,sleeping as you see below–"yin-yang," I describe it,all things in balance,passive and active,female and male,nurture and creativity,earth and sky. Something in their naturally posed stillness,which I observe at least once a week,speaks to me of the… Continue reading

  • What We Need

    I'll tell you what we need:    more ears    and fewer tongues. My cats will tell us what we need:    more purr    and less hiss. The snow-silenced woodswill tell us what us what we need:    less noise    and more glistening, listening stillness. Christmas tells you what you… Continue reading

  • What Dirk Might Know

    Does Dirk understandhe's adopted? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • What the Cats Might Know

    Do my cats understandthey're adopted? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading