Category Archives: reflection

maybe Monday…

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Deanna

is the culprit. Because I urgged out of house this morning and found a chair in the library magazine room and, though I’d planned to research Parents and Parenting, pulled a beauteous-covered magazine from the shelf first and read articles … Continue reading →

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In this light

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Deanna

The garden tangles. Zucchini swell and elongate, beans curve in fading half-moons, pumpkins appear beneath rough leaves, their runners twined around the tall grass stalks I grasp and tug away. I’m tidying only slightly. Digging out brown marigolds, clipping columbine … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 29, 2009 by Deanna

During an enjoyable anniversary yesterday, on which equipment broke down and Tim worked late but we still ate out and cooled off a while together, I mused about time travel. It’s almost too bad that on 7/28/79 Tim and I … Continue reading →

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dialog

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Deanna

I am studiously enraptured by its music. As a child, adult voices in the living room lulled me to sleep. Banter, a guffaw, the complimenting ice-chink notes on a glass. The cadence of boys shooting the breeze always drew me. … Continue reading →

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about time, yes it is

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Deanna

Last week I packed up and rode with my parents northward into Washington, wishing I could visit the people I’ve met online who live that direction, but focused on seeing my brothers, my sister-in-law, and a few old haunts. Mom … Continue reading →

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projecting

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Deanna

I walked along the bike path a few days ago, my temp job at Glory Bee a few days done. Like sunlight off the river, my thoughts reflected a positive view. The time at the warehouse gave me a different … Continue reading →

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writing is like a horse

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Deanna

I learned something during the two or three years my daughter took riding lessons. Though I hated to admit it, those huge, equine creatures intimidated me. Thankfully, my reticence to stand near the horses never rubbed off on Victoria. Out … Continue reading →

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cheered

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Deanna

When I get a chance to sit lately, it’s felt like coming off a long shift in some over-houred factory. I’m tired. We had much stuff packed into the past three months. Not as much as many of you did, … Continue reading →

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fires glimmer

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Deanna

At this house we work to keep flames dancing in the woodstove. It’s an occupation ripe for musing about life. Pieces of logs are plentiful, because over many years Tim has mastered the art of gathering huge tree portions (forest … Continue reading →

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now of Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Deanna

We wait for snow. Arctic air has settled north of us and is supposed to lower our near-freezing temperatures even more tonight. Fire in the woodstove is our hub. Warm dishwater soothes the fingers. I set Christmas plates and mugs … Continue reading →

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