Tag Archives: change

in abstensia – June 18

6.18.2017 [in abstensia] I didn’t listen to my dad, angry ashamed dismissive I wanted nothing to do with him even at the end with years the distance lessens now aware that maybe he didn’t know how nor did I and … Continue reading

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direct apprehension

4.7.2017 hearing God’s voice directly.   asking and waiting for a word.   a sense attribute more lost than found   for secular us. ————

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I’ve been waiting today – September 7

9.7.2016 I’ve been waiting today for the leaves to start their fall, for the littlest gold yellow bits to sprinkle across the garden even while the humidity of late summer drags and pulls   it’s a wait I can wait … Continue reading

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before and after – July 24

7.24.2016 we have tried anger and rage before   a short term response of pain   long term of evil.   only changed hearts change the world. ——————-

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late night sadness – May 8

5.8.2016 late night two am sadness, when the family can gather and you’re just a sideline.   you raised them to be their own yet you’re never ready for the moment   when you know that they’re just fine or … Continue reading

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new muskrat house – April 30

4.30.2016 new muskrat house today marsh weed neatly strewn. neighborhood growing.   rental ducks have moved out, only parentals top the mounds where eggs toast,   waiting for their time while the muskrats find new spots to call their own.

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old wire – January 1

1.1.2016 just there, through the brush at pathside, the strands of old wire   barbed, strung low, covered most now by braken and bush down   by deer, elk, others, trod over by what was meant to be kept out … Continue reading

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goodbye ol’ paint – December 31

12.31.2015 Where did they ride to those heroes of our dreams   Hoppy, Roy, Gene and Ken Tex and Lash and Dean.   We wandered off our story changed the frontier changed and gleaned   We left old hope to … Continue reading

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telling stories – September 17

9.17.2015 telling stories gives perspective   on what you thought you were doing when you did it   what you see now that there’s distance   and a moment to say thank you   for it all. ——————

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east facing leaves – September 9

9.9.2015 east facing leaves yellow first flocks of geese honking south   signs of the change. ——————–

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