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I remember walking to school in second grade, narrating my life in my head. I did that during those years. Every day a chapter in my story. Sometimes I even caught myself about to add “she said” after I spoke to someone. One morning on the way to the busy street’s crosswalk where patrol boys … Continue reading
Posted in life, reflection, thankfulness, writing
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maybe Monday…
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 by the powerful, the assumed correct, the there’s only one side to this story for … Continue reading
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In this light
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 pods. Late-day light on my jungle is calming. This past season, more than many, I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in belief, reflection
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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 couldn’t experience a quick jaunt 30 years into the future. I think I would’ve liked … Continue reading
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dialog
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. I shunned girls’ chatterings; besides, you couldn’t sit and listen to girls without being made … Continue reading
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about time, yes it is
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 and Dad had just returned from a three-week trip with my aunt and uncle, down … Continue reading
Posted in family, friends, life, newsy, reflection, travel
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projecting
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 project, a bit of money, and a nice change of pace. By the last day … Continue reading
Posted in life, random stuff, reading, reflection, writing
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writing is like a horse
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 at the ranch, she thrived. I waited in the car. Before I discovered my fear, … Continue reading
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cheered
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, I’m sure, but for me it’s been way more than usual. Reaching the final days … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, holiday mood, life, reflection
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fires glimmer
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 service permit tucked in his wallet) and hauling them to our driveway, where his trusty … Continue reading
Posted in life, reflection
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