by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 24, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
RipplesI looked at the roses in a vaseElegant long stems devoid of prickly barbs.On a bush the barbs protected.Denuded, they proclaimed their worth.Was it real?I watched the beggar on the cornerOnly ask for money from people who Wouldn’t look him in the eye. And...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 17, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
If you run with labels, you will fall.From an organizational perspectiveA label defines who, what, and where content goes.A wealthy mine of hierarchy Advanced for profit.A haven for marketers.For a person defined by a labelThey become an adjectiveLost within a noun.I...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 16, 2025 | Abbe's Notes, Abbe's Ruminations
The Magical Garden of Life—you never know what you’ll reap Abbe’s Ruminations July 2025 I no longer own a plot of land to seed a soil-based garden. I miss my fresh lettuce, those tender sweet peas as they form on traveling vines. Or the beets that mature...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 10, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
Let your aroha carry you furtherI close my eyes and envision.The image of a healer.Our foreheads touch as do our noses.So close are we that our breath mergesI sink into the earth and rise above the universe.Connecting as I move through the cosmos.The world tilts when...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 3, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
My 1972 selfYou were right to be skepticalThen you questioned all that you saw.Exposed to changeYou jumped at the chanceTo deviate from the norms of family.Brave beyond common sense, You explored different cultures.I admire that in you,Even though I remember The...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jun 26, 2025 | Abbe's Notes
When I DieIf I die, no when I die,Know that I still have life in me.It may be my time—At this moment the seconds disappear.But I’m here with all my craziness.Know that I leave unwillingly Refuse to accept never-land.For I have seen many lands.Do me this favor—laugh,...
