A friend wrote to tell me about Myra Klockenbrink, a Holistic Health and Wellness Therapist, who leads prouduce tours around the Park Slope Food Coop. She also  writes a heath and wellness newsletter that you can subscribe to (718-858-0238).

Here is one of her poems:

Dinner is done
the birds chortle as they settle in
and the squirrels have ceased their scrambling
and gone — where is it they go?
here and there fireflies signal to one another
incandescent even with the moon shining huge
and improbable over the rooftops

Seize a reason to be outside
invent a cause, fulfill a fantasy
make a profit if you must
   but find a way out

Take your desk to the stoop
shower in the downpours
pull out a mattress
reinstate the constitutional
and walk in the evening
with someone you love
tell them what lies in your heart

It’s easy to cook out of doors
after dinner while the grill is still hot
lay some apricot halves on foil
and dot them with butter and
cane juice crystals

let them cook until the sugar bubbles
serve them with sheep’s milk yogurt
maybe a spoon of granola

You can feel the night grow still
the birds have stopped
the trees themselves seem to rest
talk about the meaning of this life
now is as good a time as ever