This morning lovely husband isup early, wee hours one might say,and I half-consciously listenfor his going in the darkness he comes quietlyand bends, to kiss me good-byesandback to sleepin kindness the dog lifts the blankets with his snoutsnuggles into the…
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Today my ode to the late bloomers of life to the bringers of light to those who believe in goodness and kindness above all the noise to the fact finders and myth busters and people who care about souls who…
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tentative ortransformationalhow is it even that this feels does one feel as if the brakeshave suddenly been appliedor perhapsyou have been unceremoniouslyshovedto another lane where you are left wonderingreally, what is it all about survival of the fittestor fittestof the…
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Well, what to do when my camera has encountered some kind ofproblem and now seems unwillingto snap a few pictureshow can I possibly tell youabout the sunas it shines late in the afternoonon to things in my gardenhow can I…
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Last night I had a dream that friends arrived at ours and brought with thema new kitchen floor, for usa pallet plunked in the middle of the roompiled with a thousand puzzle like piecesthat we had to break apart, and…
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Fair warning that this may prove to be ratherdismal… December 29th in the rainand so it is that we have again come throughanother Christmasperfectly sated, suitably happycomfortablytiredthe dreariness of this dayhas one feeling slightly dullish in tonefestive decorations losing a…
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When I am in a mood, the dissolutions of the worldstart to weigh on me a certainweariness of spiritmakes me wonder sometimes whatis the point of carryingthis lightwhen blatant ignorance and crueltiestake on the lightness of laughterand flippancywhen ideas of…
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Up in the night with a dog who doesn’t like thunderstormsfirst thing this morning, down for coffeeI am greeted by a slew of expletives flying outsidethe kitchen windowthe roofers have returnedthe cats and I are feeling like we aresurrounded by…
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“Armed I am with love. Disarmed I am.” ~ Manuel Alegre Friday morning, the sun is shining looks like a beautiful day is about to unfold gently easing into my chair I sit down with my coffee and just quietly…
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This year in the garden, I have seen more monarch caterpillarsthan ever before,that’s a hopeful thingand every time I step out the door, in mere secondsa monarch comes into viewthere is also a couple of beautiful, black with a bit…
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