Tag Archives: presence

a day with her – May 17

Posted on May 19, 2015 by landl30

5.17.2015 a day with her, no agenda, is joy, comfort, serenity. mahalo, breath of life. ————-

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5.5.2015 [wishes] to shut off the jangle jangle of telly, podcast, radiola voices of now instant anxiety and listen to the silence, a bird, wind, steps of a loved one, and the sigh (the soft sigh) of a … Continue reading →

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in the presence – March 15

Posted on March 16, 2015 by landl30

3.15.2015 blazing orange pinks streak the eastern sky the light coming from a long distance untrammeled by city reverberations light pollutions car exhaust waves simply streaking while a half moon whisps away into the treelined west. I sit … Continue reading →

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to be with – November 26

Posted on November 27, 2014 by landl30

11.26.2014 to be with the one you love is the best of gifts to give thanks for. ————-

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red squirrel – November 15

Posted on November 18, 2014 by landl30

11.15.2014 red squirrel scurries in the snow nipping up kernels dropped by the birds who flit and skitter into the limbs above lest some predator notes their presence. circle of life. ——————-

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microcosm, microcosm – May 29

Posted on May 30, 2014 by landl30

5.29.2014 microcosm, microcosm in each place the biggest aims of time and space of good and evil soul and grace. we travel far to come back ‘round to find ourselves the hallowed ground. ———————-

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faces – April 24

Posted on April 25, 2014 by landl30

4.24.2014 faces around tables that don’t listen faces that relate the passing time faces who once upon the once were children faced that have paused only to rhyme. faces of the aged and forgotten … Continue reading →

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Lent Prayer 32 – April 5

Posted on April 5, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 32 give me a heart to see your hand in faces and places smiles and cries in anguish and anger hope and help the fact of your presence amidst us all. ———————

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Lent Prayer 11 – March 15

Posted on March 15, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 11 my family gathers around like those at the table in Jerusalem when you took the bread and said that you would be with us. we share a cup now though not always in remembrance … Continue reading →

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a day like others – February 5

Posted on February 6, 2014 by landl30

2.5.2014 a day like others, awake thinking, eating, breathing talking with family, children two, three, four, five another day to feel the thank you and observe do plan act rest turn play be a birth day. like others … Continue reading →

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