Tag Archives: appreciation

morning resolves – January 18

Posted on January 19, 2014 by landl30

1.18 pale ring-bound moon through snow tipped early morning branches greets like a fairy dell tale on my walk to the morning paper.   drifted soft snow pits over my pajama bottoms but no mind. the first cup of coffee … Continue reading →

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forty four years – January 10

Posted on January 12, 2014 by landl30

  1.10.2014 forty four years, vows taken. Peter’s line through hands lain on. voices, eyes, empty moments, opened then to what will come.   fortyfouryears run together as if a path lain out like string, winding, straggling, stumbling forward to … Continue reading →

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we hardly did anything – January 9

Posted on January 10, 2014 by landl30

1.9 we hardly did anything and my son said it was the best of times.   there is a learning here. ———  

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afternoon firestove – January 8

Posted on January 9, 2014 by landl30

1.8.2014 afternoon firestove warms soles, soul, heart and hearth for reading a book, cat’s napping, dog snoozing toesies keeping.   listen to the faint crackle, read lies and life into the leaping oranges blues and hissing waters that bubble atop … Continue reading →

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o tannenbaum – December 22

Posted on December 23, 2013 by landl30

12.22 warm lights, tree decor, ornaments with names of children and hopes fulfilled.   fifteen years, long term, anniversary, child born, power ranger orb, etched silver cradles.   birth of the One matching births of our own. family story evoked  … Continue reading →

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familiarity – December 17

Posted on December 18, 2013 by landl30

12.17 a face across the table comfortable, warm, heart giving.   hands holding utensils fragile, strong, familiar.   how we gather together the pieces of ourselves over time   only to find them already found   in another. ———————-

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road to the hospital – December 8

Posted on December 9, 2013 by landl30

12.8 the road to the hospital is a lonely one when the subject is yourself.   you need to do tests, you need to go there right now thank you.   so you let out the dog and make sure … Continue reading →

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simple gifts – November 28

Posted on November 29, 2013 by landl30

11.28 the steel blue river of ice bends its swan neck amongst fifty foot sentinels, balancing the browns and needle golds below.   while the sweet fall wift of smoke upon the wind echoes passages of time and hearth and … Continue reading →

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house of the warrior – November 11

Posted on November 11, 2013 by landl30

house of the warrior *Hale Koa, Honolulu   waterfalls, pools, waikiki shores for those who stand and fight for the rest of us.   arizona resting place where too many died, now beneath the phosphorescent waters   and we recline … Continue reading →

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her smile broke me open – November 4

Posted on November 5, 2013 by landl30

11.4 her smile broke me open the very first time   sitting on the back porch when I drove up   and lighting up the whole sun in my sky.   years in the doing asking, loving, making   I … Continue reading →

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