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old cowboy movies – December 8

Posted on December 9, 2015 by landl30

12.8.2015 old cowboy movies flow across my screen images of good guys bad guys shooting at each other and indians n’ varmints as if it was all a play and only the few would remain. ———————

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Irish tapestry – January 28

Posted on January 28, 2015 by landl30

Irish tapestry greens, reds, deep golds, against a forest wall home of our homes before we knew that the old country was lost and so started again across the sea. —————

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Prairie Home again again – July 7

Posted on July 8, 2014 by landl30

7.7.2014 wonderful old new friends Prairie Home again again voices tight, mellow steel, emotions loosed heaven’s feel. ———- [for PHC’s 40th Anniversary]

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2.16.2014 kitchen smells, toasting oats, oils, sugars, sweet nuts grandmother kitchen aromas, cookies and kuchen a small child licking fingers of buttered sugar small doses that tell you heaven is real. you can taste it. —————————

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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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o tannenbaum – December 22

Posted on December 23, 2013 by landl30

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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goodies – December 20

Posted on December 21, 2013 by landl30

12.20 mix sugar, flour, eggs, butter, chocolate, drop by teaspoon onto butter greased pan, insert heart scan probe and proceed. Christmas goodies like grandma made before we knew about blood vessels and blockages and trips to the ER. … Continue reading →

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boxes of boxes – November 25

Posted on November 26, 2013 by landl30

11.25 boxes of boxes of things put away until until it doesn’t matter anymore, until the use that was in them no longer applies or until the lives that were in them now speak different voices … Continue reading →

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a stocky little body – September 1

Posted on September 2, 2013 by landl30

9. 1 a stocky little body of a boy climbs into my lap touching places of memory. I still know how to ride a bike read the book and talk about Mr. Peppers and his cat who loves orangesickles. … Continue reading →

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riding with phantoms – August 25

Posted on August 26, 2013 by landl30

8.25 In 1948 western heroes rode across screens so vivid I thought they were behind them. How could Roy be at the Capitol and then at the Paramount later on. Grammy would hold my hand and buy us a … Continue reading →

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