Tag Archives: friendship

marking against the dark – January 5

1.5.2015 friends come over and stay the talk goes on and on and on and on   amidst quiet gaps we stare into the Christmas tree lights like flame flickering in the campfire   where stories are told and we … Continue reading

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winning – November 6

11.6.2014 the challenge of competence stresses relationship.   what if. I didn’t expect. that’s my territory.   then hearts need to test heart.   a win is not always what’s needed. ————————-

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times given – November 5

11.05.2014 anniversary time with friends   the best of years written in faces   open, honest caring.   the best of times given   generosity of hearts. ————————-

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gone – October 9

10.9.2014 I turned around and they were gone   as if snatched in the rapture   and only we the depraved were left   feeling hollow. ————————

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old friends – August 21

8.21.2014 a few old friends went away today. the bed we made babies in the car that taught our boys the way home.   inanimate. metal. wood. and wire. stuffing. only stuff.   and yet they were friends.   godspeed. … Continue reading

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watch me watch – April 28

4.28.2014 watch me watch watching to see if the world still likes   you and me. ——————

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sowing friendship – February 24

2.24.2014 taking a day to talk, walking the way to friendship   listening instead of telling, gathering as sowing. ————————

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a weariness worth bearing – December 23

12.23 the fatigue of an evening spent with friends, glasses raised, songs sung, stories shared.   the fatigue of lives that care and carry on, a weariness worth bearing ——————–

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friends come by – December 9

12.9 friends come by and we talk. about bodies and tests and pains.   big words go unspoken, like cancer and chance and statistical odds.   we play cards instead and eat and joke like everyday people.   because life … Continue reading

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Raleigh Sprite 27 – July 29

7.29 rubbed green beauty of steel and wheels, gears and rubber, british, upright, noble, elderly solid friend of forty plus years.   we started out together almost, riding parish routes on miles of tree lined pavements through five slippery gears. … Continue reading

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