Tag Archives: gifts

there are aches now – August 31

Posted on September 2, 2014 by landl30

8.31.2014 there are aches now regular as rising pains that shoot across a thigh or beneath an ankle creams, gels, pills and stretches to welcome each and every day making me aware of the Gift of my … Continue reading →

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Lent Prayer 30 – April 3

Posted on April 3, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 30 You give us tasks that push and pull us beyond our depths and yet to our deepest desires. thank you for the gifts that we do not call for yet appreciate when they have arrived. —————–

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Lent Prayer 14 – March 18

Posted on March 18, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 14 increase in me Lord the gift of humility. not the false hearted aw shucks m’aam t’weren’t nothin’ t’tweren’t nothin’ nor the soul harming denial of value to dare but the truth telling knowledge of … 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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originalgifts – July 2

Posted on July 3, 2013 by landl30

7.2 she bronzes his poems and drawings and words from early years when even then we he knew that stories and dreams were the way forward. visions and gifts come to us from somewhere that even we don’t know … Continue reading →

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wood (for Maury)- May 8

Posted on May 8, 2013 by landl30

5.8 Oak. Flame. Striated, smooth, the life of wood erupts in my living room, like Maury, who breathes and lives and loves this stuff of his passion and need. One day he decided that he liked wood. One day … Continue reading →

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gifties – May 4

Posted on May 4, 2013 by landl30

5.4 Home again. Smells to the side new floors gleam. My best friend is happy at the sight. Long years wanted, the best for my friend. To give a gift of vision is a gift to the giver. I … Continue reading →

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