Category Archives: love

ann, again

Posted on July 11, 2012 by rick mobbs

A note, and a response. . . New comment on your post “Ann Bunting-Mock” Author : Jeanne Scheerbaum Comment: May, 2012 I just read a wonderful article by Ann Bunting-Mock in American Quilter magazine, January 2008.  Just want you, whomever you are, … Continue reading →

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She came, she bathed, I asked

Posted on January 17, 2011 by rick mobbs

(A reworking of a poem I wrote in a time of rooming houses, everyday visions, clawfooted bathtubs, visiting friends, tribal ghosts and protectors and conversations with god on the Dorchester Avenue bus.) She came, she bathed, I asked, “Are you … Continue reading →

Posted in art, love, lucid dreaming, poetry, stupid war | 7 Comments

firecracker girl turns one: (some of) the year in pictures

Posted on July 5, 2009 by rick mobbs

Happy 4th (now 5th) of July, everyone, and Happy Birthday, Ada Corinna Meridian Swinton. She is a fierce and funny newcomer, strong and determined. The universe is her home, and for now, we are her country. Who knows where these … Continue reading →

Posted in ada corinna, ada's first birthday, amuirin, broadus aurelius, callings, egnima, family, homebirth, joyce ellen davis, logan bunting-mock, love, naomi swinton, orson scott card, painting, uncle pepek, works in progress, yael naim | 3 Comments

alone time

Posted on November 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

is hard to find these days but I have some now and I am puzzling out how to use this blog. I stay away from writing and painting too long – which happens whenever I take a movie job – … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art for film and tv, babelfruit, birdie jaworski, Broadus and Ada, callings, citylights, collaboration, ecphrasis, ekphrasis, faith, film work, first presbyterian church las vegas nm, gallinas magazine, georgia o'keefe movie, homeless shelter, homelessness, image prompts, las vegas nm, let's hope, love, making a difference, naomi swinton, painting, pertussis, picture prompts, poetry, protestpoems, Rev. Randy Campbell, Rosie Lopez, samaritan house, san miguel county, sharon seto, sizzle, spencer and janet swinton, storybook collaborative, Uncategorized, uwc-usa, whooping cough, why does good change take so long?" | 21 Comments

on pertussis, and a new image prompt

Posted on November 15, 2008 by rick mobbs

I’ve been meaning to write but with Ada sick and new movie work starting my creative energy is way down. Broadus has been sick with pertussis, too, but since he has had the vaccination it hasn’t hit him quite as … Continue reading →

Posted in art, love, pertussis, pertussus, poetry, sick kids, whooping cough | 6 Comments

10/9/08 image prompt, a poem, and marcia abigail ryder

Posted on October 9, 2008 by rick mobbs

We’ll call this painting this week’s image prompt. I’m in Agua Prieta, Mexico, on the border with Arizona with a group of UWC-USA students who are doing a week-long Border Issues study. Internet is sketchy so while I have it … Continue reading →

Posted in art, cape cod, ekphrasis, friendshp, image prompts, kittery maine, love, marcia abigail ryder, painting, picture prompts, poetry, roger cole, storybook collaborative, teaching art, walking on water, wellfleet mass, winchester high school | 11 Comments

the dream of the sailor

Posted on September 11, 2008 by rick mobbs

The black cats arrange themselves in pairs by starlight, on polished black marble by a black lapping sea. They bow to each other — yes, they stand upright — and wait till the band leader clicks, one, two, three…. The … Continue reading →

Posted in art, dream of the sailor, is this love?, love, poetry, stories, waking dream | 9 Comments

the (friday) thursday image prompt’

Posted on July 18, 2008 by rick mobbs

We are a little scrambled here, with days and nights, hearts and minds full with work and children – so I am a little late with this one. But with kids in mind, here is a prompt to make up … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, ada corinna, art, awakening, birth, children, collaborative storybook, completion, ekphrasis, faith, family, image prompts, love, painting, picture prompts, poetry, portraits, stories, Uncategorized, works in progress | 11 Comments

okay, she’s here.

Posted on July 4, 2008 by rick mobbs

and her name is Ada Corinna Swinton. At least is is now. It’s a working title. Naomi might have other ideas after a few days rest. Ada is healthy and well and is now asleep with her mother.To the many … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, ada corinna, art, broadus, collaboration, completion, connie trujillo, elizabeth withnall, healing, home birth, love, new baby..., NM midwife, poetry, Uncategorized | 31 Comments

okay, we’re on our way!

Posted on July 3, 2008 by rick mobbs
Posted in art, birth, collaboration, love, poetry, works in progress | 8 Comments

Still waiting…

Posted on June 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

But the signs are saying a new life will be arriving here within the next 24 hours… Thank you all for your warm wishes.

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, babies, birth, children, collaboration, faith, home birth, light, love, pregnancy | 19 Comments

lots of hummingbirds

Posted on June 21, 2008 by rick mobbs

around the feeder (me) but still no baby. We are in no hurry. Movie has taken over my life. It feels good to be back in the saddle again. More later. Here are links to new work to go with … Continue reading →

Posted in aa, art, art for film and tv, awakening, callings, ecphrasis, electric cow, faith, film work, home birth, image prompts, light, love, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, storybook collaborative, the art of recovery, the writing life, works in progress, you can't say you can't play | 13 Comments

6/18/08 image prompt

Posted on June 18, 2008 by rick mobbs

Here is this week’s Thursday image prompt. Take in whatever direction you wish, and enjoy. Follow this link to the storybook collaborative for an easy to follow guide to images and writing thus far. This is open to everyone. The … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis, ekphrasis, image prompts, kiss of the wind, love, new baby..., ozy, ozy where are you?, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, prose poem, stories, storybook collaborative, the kiss, where are you?, works in progress, you can't say you can't play | 30 Comments

6/12/08 image prompt

Posted on June 12, 2008 by rick mobbs

For all the hurting people out there. The quote is from Eileen Mayhew. Some of you work so quickly, and produce such neat things. First out of the starting blocks is paisley, with her poem, paint me a picture. Her … Continue reading →

Posted in art, ecphrasis poetry, eileen mayhew, healing, image prompts, let your tears come, love, painting, picture prompts, poetry, thursday prompt | 16 Comments

movie start date pushed

Posted on June 11, 2008 by rick mobbs

update…. it looks like my start date on the movie is pushed to Monday, which is fine with me. We are still doing the last minute ordering and nesting which we hope will make life in the coming weeks easier. … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art for film and tv, birth, broadus, collaboration, collaborative storybook, completion, ecphrasis, elizabeth withnall, faith, homebirth, image prompts, love, NM midwife, picture prompts, poetry, pregnancy, thursday prompt | 5 Comments

5/22/06 image post

Posted on May 21, 2008 by rick mobbs

Hello everyone, greetings from North Carolina. I’ll be here a few more days and then head back to New Mexico. The countdown begins. We are four weeks to Naomi’s due date (6/21). Don’t know whether to expect a boy or … Continue reading →

Posted in arkay, art, birth, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, fun stuff, image prompts, love, myths, niebla, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, pregnancy, stories, works in progress | 27 Comments

4/23/08 sun and moon

Posted on April 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

paisley, author of whypaisley, wrote bird of happiness.

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, image prompts, love, myths, painting, poem, poetry, sun and moon, whypaisley | 2 Comments

a little note of explanation…

Posted on April 9, 2008 by rick mobbs

…and a picture… the reflection… is anything as it seems? SIZZLE Sigh, child, and sink into the world you know. Let butterflies appear in snow. So what, if the rains come back to Nicaragua? They always do. Would you add … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, aa, angels, art, Broadus Evans, character studies, faith, healing, hope, kids, light, love, painting, poetry, race in america, racial healing, recovery, sketchbook, stories, the art of recovery, wake up dude, works in progress | 18 Comments

trials of the ugga bugga man

Posted on April 1, 2008 by rick mobbs

or, one person’s ceiling is another one’s floor, or, the worlds we carry do get heavy sometimes. Maybe, I’m glad the snake is friendly? I am finding that as much as I love this blogging experience, and the people I … Continue reading →

Posted in art, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, love, myths, poetry, stories, tell us a story!, visual journal, works in progress | 15 Comments

a moody little drawing

Posted on March 31, 2008 by rick mobbs

a moody little painting sits atop a moody little piece of writing

Posted in art, dark, love, moody little thing, myths, oil painting, poetry, stories | 5 Comments

a moody little piece of nonsense

Posted on March 31, 2008 by rick mobbs

Water is the sound of small boys throwing stones and chunks of iron and old bones into the ocean. Water is the sound of bones dissolving. Water is a black sound. Is there a blacker sound? “Who goes there?” asks … Continue reading →

Posted in awakening, bleak, blues, love, myths, poetry, stories | 5 Comments

johemmant’s story (florescence) – standing in the shadows

Posted on March 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

Jo, the wonderful author of florescence, has written a story to accompany the painting in the post below. I am charged by the collaboration. You can find the storypoem here. I highly recommend a visit for everything else there, as … Continue reading →

Posted in art, awakening, calling, collaboration, florescence, jo, johemment, light, love, painting, poetry, standing in the shadows, stories | 4 Comments

a picture for the moment – standing in the shadows

Posted on March 28, 2008 by rick mobbs

something for this rainy day. would anyone like to make up a story?

Posted in art, bleak hope, blues, faith, healing, hope, light dark, love, medium, oil painting, poetry, stories | 9 Comments

notes upon the windowsill

Posted on March 27, 2008 by rick mobbs

well, nobody asked, but I’ll try to explain it anyway, if only for myself. I can’t remember if the post below – She sits upon a windowsill – started as a journal fragment or as a line that jumped into … Continue reading →

Posted in art, callings, faith, journal, light, light dark, love, lucid dreaming, poetry, recovery, stories, the writing life, wake up dude, works in progress | 5 Comments

the kiss of the fourth wind

Posted on March 26, 2008 by rick mobbs
Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, awakening, callings, dreamtime, fun stuff, kids, kiss of the wind, light, love, lucid dreaming, lullabies, poetry, recovery, stories, the fourth wind, the kiss, wake up dude | 15 Comments

she sits upon a windowsill, a little more, a work in progress

Posted on March 26, 2008 by rick mobbs

Very much a work in progress…. She sits upon a windowsill and spies a laughing boy, about eleven, barefoot by the water’s edge beneath the tree’s green reaching hands. The canopy throws its color down and lights the shadows with … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, aan, ann bunting-mock, art, awakening, callings, electric cow, fun stuff, kids, light, love, lucid dreaming, lullabies, poetry, recovery, stories, wake up dude, works in progress | 3 Comments

whereabouts revisited, end of story

Posted on March 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

So we smashed like acrobats, a mess of arms and legs and heads and backs, spinning through the flaming hoops to meet the leaping, happy cats and all those clowns in human suits, and all their senseless chatter. The main … Continue reading →

Posted in art, awakening, bleak, callings, dark, denial, desolation, despair, faith, healing, hope, kids, love, lullabies, nightmare, poetry, recovery, stories, the art of recovery, wake up dude | 9 Comments

whereabouts and wanderlust – the rest of the story

Posted on March 20, 2008 by rick mobbs

Whereabouts and Wanderlust traveled hand in hand. Each one loved the other most and trekked through many lands. Altogether they were happy, blue eyes and blue. Sleeping children brought them flowers, with love, from me to you. And so the … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, awakening, callings, electric cow, faith, journal, light dark, love, lullabies, pardon, poetry, recovery, stories | 2 Comments

whereabouts and wanderlust

Posted on March 20, 2008 by rick mobbs

Whereabouts and Wanderlust traveled hand in hand. Each one loved the other most and trekked then many lands. Altogether they were happy blue eyes and blue. Sleeping children brought them flowers, with love, from me to you.

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, awakening, faith, fun stuff, kids, light, love, lullabies, poetry, recovery, sleeping children, stories, the children, wake up dude, whereabouts and wanderlust | 3 Comments

a light dark poem – a rewrite

Posted on March 19, 2008 by rick mobbs

Sweet sweet engine of mercy, bright flying speck in the sun, tomorrow I’ll be riding a donkey, tomorrow I’ll be on my way home. We will go to the invisible carnival. We will ride the invisible rides. We will not … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, awakening, callings, faith, love, lullabies, my theology, poetry, stories | 8 Comments

obama’s speech

Posted on March 19, 2008 by rick mobbs

Transcript Barack Obama’s Speech on Race Published: March 18, 2008 The following is the text as prepared for delivery of Senator Barack Obama’s speech on race in Philadelphia, as provided by his presidential campaign. “We the people, in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, anger management, art, awakening, callings, character studies, faith, hope, love, obama, obama's speech, poetry, politics, race in america, racial healing, recovery, tapestry, the children, works in progress | 4 Comments

border studies – undocumented aliens

Posted on March 18, 2008 by rick mobbs

Back in Montezuma, N.M. after 10 days on the road with 18 UWC-USA students, faculty chaperones, and Broadus, 8.5 years, a great traveler, interested in everything. In place of a Spring Break, students at UWC elect a service-learning adventure. This … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, awakening, callings, despair, faith, grassroots leadership, hope, illegal immigration, immigration issues, love, mexican border, poetry, politics, stories, undocumented aliens, uwc-usa, wake up dude | 6 Comments

hello from phoenix, oops, i mean tucson

Posted on March 11, 2008 by rick mobbs

I am traveling with 20 uwc-usa students (from 10 countries!) and faculty on a border studies trip and will be away for another 6 – 7 days. Hope to post along the way but internet is sketchy as we go … Continue reading →

Posted in "The Road", art, awakening, bleak stories, dark, faith, hope, journal, love, nightmare, politics, recovery, wake up dude, war | 11 Comments

portrait of Nanda

Posted on March 6, 2008 by rick mobbs
Posted in art, character studies, chiquitica, dreamtime, fernanda sosa, light dark, love, nanda, poetry, portraits, recovery, stories, visual journal | 9 Comments

a dark light poem

Posted on March 5, 2008 by rick mobbs

Mud and bone and fire and water, blood and ice and cloud and slaughter, bloody, holy, hallowed ground, bloody, empty, silent sound. The ash upon the embers, the fire within the cloud, the sound seeking hearing, the truth seeking sound. … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, awakening, faith, love, lullabies, poerty journal, poetry, stories, wake up dude, works in progress | 9 Comments

work in progress 1 poem or 2?

Posted on March 4, 2008 by rick mobbs

1. Sweet sweet engine of mercy, bright flying speck in the sun, tomorrow I’ll be riding a donkey, tomorrow I’ll be on my way home. Ah! The invisible carnival ride, I’m standing in line to climb on. Twirling and spinning … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, awakening, callings, dreamtime, electric cow, faith, fun stuff, hope, journal, light, love, lullabies, poetry, recovery, stories, wake up dude, works in progress | 3 Comments

friends

Posted on March 3, 2008 by rick mobbs
Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, faith, fun stuff, light, love, oil painting, stories, works in progress | 4 Comments

make the law dance – the new mexico PeaceWorks conference

Posted on March 2, 2008 by rick mobbs

Make the law dance and the people will love it. Today the NMPWC ends. New Mexico PeaceWorks Conference creating a better world through social justice http://www.uwc-usa.org/cec/peace.htm       Sponsored By United World College-USA, Monte Del Sol Charter School, Santa … Continue reading →

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desolation, hope, and more hope

Posted on February 29, 2008 by rick mobbs
Posted in "Blindness", "The Road", aa, art, awakening, bleak stories, callings, dark, desolation, despair, hope, light, love, nightmare, poetry, politics, recovery, stories, the art of recovery, the immorality of groups, wake up dude, war, works in progress | 12 Comments

new mexico peace works conference

Posted on February 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

This is the conference Naomi is organizing in Santa Fe this weekend. Fun and educational. Anybody in the area please come! (And please introduce yourself!) Details here: http://www.uwc-usa.org/cec/peace.htm Sponsored By United World College-USA, Monte Del Sol Charter School, Santa Fe … Continue reading →

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