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Adirondack

9.19.2020 [adirondack] The first treeto fire into autumnhas turnedand the smell of leavesand fire sweeten the airjust like last year and the yearbefore and the year before, though perhaps a bitmore beautifully this year, all unknowing of wildfires to the … Continue reading

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broken people speak – December 1

12.1.2016 broken people speak and tell their truth that the rest of us are not nice   while we listen and nod and hope that we are actually awake. ——————-

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the birds know – July 27

7.27.2016 the birds know. seven, eight, nine swirl around the feeder, wait their turn, push in to take a stance   nuthatch, cardinal woodpecker, finch all scrambling before the storm   a surprise only to our atrophied instincts as wind … Continue reading

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the artist holds back – October 25

10.25.2014 the artist holds back post performance letting little out and few in to what burns. ——————–

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gone – October 9

10.9.2014 I turned around and they were gone   as if snatched in the rapture   and only we the depraved were left   feeling hollow. ————————

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Lent Prayer 37 – April 10

Lent Prayer 37 connections opened when we first stopped hiding first stopped running from the truth that we are not   the center.   and opened conversation with you, the Other, who led us to an other, thru whom we … Continue reading

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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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purebred prancing – May 12

5.12 A white and black spaniel type on her owner’s leash, prances down the hill from the big houses neighborhood toward Tobey and I.   Is your dog friendly… should we cross over to say hello. He’s had a couple … Continue reading

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passing through – April 29

4.29 he drives off without a goodbye, vague friend of only a brief while   on the island of no dreams where lost souls go to rest up   and catch a new breath or start or whatever will play … Continue reading

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