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Because my days have been brimfull, I haven’t posted a post in a while. Am hoping to amend that soon, but in the meantime there’s a free Kindle download of Saying Goodbye available, here. A present from Dream of Things books (until the promotion ends at midnight). What I’d like to do is share why … Continue reading
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engineer’s shadow in a dress
With my husband on a Sunday afternoon, still in church clothes, I ride up to Solar Heights, where there’s a television translator. I say, “Wish I had my camera.” He says, “You can use my phone.” I get directions on how to use it. Then I capture him unloading odds and ends of foliage he … Continue reading
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oil on skin
This morning I got to my office more than an hour early so a nice Goodwill man could pick up old computer equipment that weighed a ton and haul it off in his sky-high truck. I decided to spend some of my time before opening the office on the phone with a Tracfone tech person, … Continue reading
Posted in life, random stuff, reflection, religion or faith or church
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means something?
At breakfast I told Tim my dream. I was driving his Ford Falcon and pulling a large utility trailer, trying to get to a writing seminar of some sort. My passenger was a friend whom I respect who was to speak at the event (and maybe I was supposed to, as well), and we were … Continue reading
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kitsch and depth and catching up
After another trip to the lab for son James’s latest (last for now, maybe) blood test, I settle. The year is waning, and the music is deep. Well, we don’t have snow, so I’m glad there can be depth of sound, rather than some of the kitsch I’ve sampled in search of the holiday. For … Continue reading
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tickling keys, brain freeze (mac version)
Today the P is just sticking out its tongue and QWERTY gives no assistance. Space is simply spacing. Question marks rule. I want to shift my mind. To return to that lovely field of option, where I felt in control. But no matter how often I page up and page down, there is no esc-ing … Continue reading
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burning Las Vegas
Tim produced a thin yet heavy slab at the woodstove this morning, a piece he had sawed off of a large stump or log at some point. It had become a funky table-top from his kindling pile. It looked rather like Texas. He couldn’t quite get it in the stove, as, you know, being Texas … Continue reading
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diapers in the trunk
These days I’m forever carting donated baby items between Eugene and my office in Junction City. This morning I jotted in my writing notebook that “diapers in the trunk” (to the tune of “Riders on the Storm”) strikes me as one of my current theme songs. My notebook is the pocket Moleskine I bought in … Continue reading
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generational shift
Working in a small, quirky retail shop off the University campus, my daughter has noticed things about people. Last night I picked her up after her shift. I wore shorts and no jacket, because the weather is the way it should have been in late June. Victoria buckled up and started musing that there are … Continue reading
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heretofore unknown
An artifact of strangeness poked up from our garden.I asked Tim if he knew what it was. “I found an onion in the garage,” he said. “It had sprouted, so I planted it.”Tim is allergic to onions. We never have them in meals, but last winter I bought some, and when I cooked stew in … Continue reading
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