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o tannenbaum – December 22
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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Tagged appreciation, Christmas, Christmas tree, Decorations, family, Holidays, home, memories, Ornaments, thankfulness
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apple pie blessings – November 27
11.27 I pick up an apple and the peeler, start around, getting the sides, top, and then use the round chopper for slices suitable for the pan. Sugar cinnamon, nutmeg, yum. Butter pats before the top crust goes on and … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple pie, Blessings, Butter, Cooking, family, food, friends, grace. gifts, home, Thanksgiving
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rain black night – October 15
10.15 rain black night, slicks of light lay down lines to follow back to my last homey home, and the lover who stays forever. —————–
tan legged woman – September 9
9.9 tan legged woman works the garden while I ride the mower in a yard and home we have created together. with boys out it is now the two of us. as it was in the beginning is now and … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, building, empty nest, gardens, home, love, mate, Mower, partners, Prayer, thankfulness
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measured steps – July 17
7.17 flat heat, dry waterfall revealing the bones of trees, twigs, mud hen nothings at the bottom of its pond. mid July leaves fall to the century mark temps, while spare weeds scrabble across dry garden beds and … Continue reading
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Tagged Air conditioning, dissonance, distance, heat, home, July, Measurement, memory, nature, separation, summer
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done – June 13
6.13 Sitting at the granite kitchen slab years in the planning and now here we sit only a step from finished. Like final exams and everything would be wonderful when done. Except life was flat. Empty. Just tiredness. … Continue reading
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Tagged adjusting, completion, emptiness, ennui, Final examination, home, projects, promised land, redemption, relationships, sadness
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gifties – May 4
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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Tagged construction, friendship, generosity, Gift, gifts, home, kitchen renovation, love, lover, sacraments
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emptying nest – April 25
4.25 Houses in dreams are our soul selves images of emotion, hope, fear, projection, insight. On this day that our youngest makes his step-out college choice, demolition begins in the kitchen soul center of our actual house. He … Continue reading
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Tagged center, coincidence, demolition, Dream, empty nest, family, God, Hearing, home, houses, leaving home, off to college, renovation, selves, Social Sciences, sons, soul selves, souls, spirituality
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he’s washing the dishes – April 23
4.21 he’s washing the dishes. a man shouldn’t do that. it’s embarrassing. the other kid’s dad’s don’t. it’s women’s work. I hide my head. I stand at the sink now years later and see my mother’s hands raw, cracked, … Continue reading
Insert tab A in slot B – April 13
4.13 Insert tab A in slot B. I put together a filing cabinet today. Do not use power tools, they may damage the wood. Follow the fifteen pictured pages. Place screw couplings 8 into side H. It is ever … Continue reading
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Tagged building, confusion, construction, directions, discipline, emotions, help, home, houses, journey, life, needing, planning, plans, spirituality, stress, structure, structures, unknowing
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