Tag Archives: grace

a weariness worth bearing – December 23

Posted on December 24, 2013 by landl30

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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I fled my joys – December 19

Posted on December 20, 2013 by landl30

12.19 I fled my joys down through the years they haunted my long days.   Lest they not be the best I thought, the noble planting ways.   Until my misery grew so hard I could no longer flee.   … 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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little goat boy – December 15

Posted on December 16, 2013 by landl30

12.15 a little goat boy sits on the toy cabin porch that I built when a child was on the way   and we counted down the days and times pasting wallpaper, circling round clocks,   until the water broke … Continue reading →

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christmas envelopes – December 14

Posted on December 15, 2013 by landl30

12.14 writing names on christmas envelopes, faces, families emerging to affect my choice of card.   not all the same, the couple, the baby, indian wise men from afar, telling of hopes and fears, friends past and now.   to … Continue reading →

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houses of the holy – December 13

Posted on December 15, 2013 by landl30

12.13 New England church, snow falling outside clear glass, simple white openness strung with greens. Words and music.   Low mystery building, altar, candles, deep and sensate, incense, dark wood, glass aged in prayer. Heart.   The triune sender speaks … Continue reading →

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friends come by – December 9

Posted on December 10, 2013 by landl30

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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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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dark walk – November 20

Posted on November 21, 2013 by landl30

11.20 Dark walk, evening coming on, the dog and I step out. Silver half moon and geese overhead, silhouettes all around. Sounds grow for us as the dark settles and the pace of silence crunches gravel beneath each step, faint … Continue reading →

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but not dire – November 16

Posted on November 16, 2013 by landl30

11.16 sore, stiff, damaged but not dire.   natural degeneration the doctor said.   easy enough for him I say.   yet the distance of pain from damage   is a step I can take and make, gladly. ——————-

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