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Tag Archives: life
squirrels’ nests – November 3
11.3 the squirrels’ nests dangle high above now visible in the denuded limb crooks, pine needles, leaves, twig snips made, they will sway and cling through winter’s roughest blasts standing the tests of wind and fury, cold and time. … Continue reading
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Tagged blasts, insecurity, life, nature, preparing, readiness, Squirrel, Winter
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a single red stamen – September 20
9.20 a single red stamen stands tall amidst the sea of dead and dying leaves as if dropped in by arrow specificity, a mystery of grace and random chance. like each soul in a desert calling to the Lord. … Continue reading
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Tagged chance, grace, life, nature, pistil and stamen, Prayer, randomness, souls
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blip, he moved – August 24
8.24 blip, he moved. or she. tiny frog in the maw of my mower. his life is in your hands the voice said. so I move carefully. it’s only a lawn, weeds scruff, things to be taken down … Continue reading
rows and rows – July 25
7.25 rows and rows of verdant crops unfolding in the midwest sun rows and rows of waiting room chairs hoping that wellness will come we lay our crop lines early and late, in the lives we live the … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, consequences, doctors, fears, Garden of Eden, gardens, grace, Health, journey, life, Mayo Clinic, souls
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we sit backstage – July 19
7.19 we sit backstage waiting. to go on, to move a set to do something other than sit backstage. ———————
swept along – June 29
6.29 he left on the great adventure next stop on the starlight express that we all hope to hitch a ride on images of heaven, joy, clouds, whatever, speak of life as a start. ad venture. towards. even … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, death, eternal life, friend, funeral, grace, heaven, hope, life, resurrection, Starlight Express
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long time coming – June 27
6.27 left sciatic nerve kicking in, long time coming, years in the making like a Hollywood epic that traces itself to the thirties bodies work themselves out of lifetime’s clicks clacks and cracks wounds and nippings here … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, appreciation, Back Pain, bodies, honor, life, pain, Sciatica, Spinal disc herniation, victories, wounds
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cottonwood fairy dust – June 15
6.15 cottonwood fairy dust drifts in the air, seeds popping exuberance onto porches, streams burgeoning in the late day sun. children with noses pressed upon life’s candy store window suddenly noticing the open door. ——————
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