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Nice to be Back – new book – November 21

Posted on November 21, 2015 by landl30

Hello friends, Nice to back after a busy but fruitful break. We were in Texas, Europe and Florida… and yes it is lovely to be home. I’ll be putting up some poems from the Europe cycle this next week or … Continue reading →

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Time Out – late October, early November

Posted on November 5, 2015 by landl30

Hi friends, A little time out here …. traveling in Europe and working on a couple of new projects… a Europe poems cycle, a children’s book for Imara International – a home for teen-aged unwed mothers in Kenya – and a six-week course … Continue reading →

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northern lights – June 23

Posted on June 24, 2015 by landl30

6.23.2015 northern lights didn’t appear tonight.   maybe they’re hiding or hanging back   the blues and greens slashing pinks and flares   hiding their flamenco skirts   so that I won’t be scandalized. ——————–

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Akaka Falls – May 6

Posted on May 7, 2015 by landl30

5.6.2015  [Akaka Falls] knees buckle, arms quake, head ducks in terror at nature’s height   primate, primitive instinct pulls one lower to ground, feet splayed head hunched, arms akimbo, hands clenching whatever is graspable, the eyes barely able to raise … Continue reading →

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travail – April 16

Posted on April 17, 2015 by landl30

4.16.2015 clog footed chefs, hoopa sized beer steins and dot sized dishes that singe and sing and lift the senses to new enjoyments of the pleasures in creation.   travail indeed. blessed work, effort, burden   of wonder. ————— (in … Continue reading →

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A Lent Note – 2015

Posted on February 20, 2015 by landl30

Friends, I recommend to you a website called LentMadness.org … which does the NCAA one better by having a daily choice between two saints of the faith, working down through the “brackets” over the Lenten season for a final “Golden … Continue reading →

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enough said – November 17

Posted on November 19, 2014 by landl30

11.17.2014 don’t tell that story she says it hurts my feelings.   but I don’t mean anything by it   people ask and I think it’s funny.   but it hurts my feelings.   enough said. ————————

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red squirrel – November 15

Posted on November 18, 2014 by landl30

11.15.2014 red squirrel scurries in the snow nipping up kernels dropped by the birds   who flit and skitter into the limbs above lest some predator notes their presence.   circle of life. ——————-

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Film Review: Calvary – September 10

Posted on September 11, 2014 by landl30

Film Review – Calvary http://www.livingchurch.org/priest-forever

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eden – August 22

Posted on August 23, 2014 by landl30

8.22.2014 butterfly benches swide open fields water drippling, running spraying, flowing through flowered gardens and Japanese teas.   chi-chi-chiping voices on softening breeze moving full tipping branches with wind blown sub-ease.   a garden, a garden from world’s first pray … Continue reading →

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