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underground
When relaxed, at table, new friends acquaintancing, while storminess abated outside wide windows, sipping vodka, sharing past adventures, the value of the now, the free, the aboveground, the opulence, contrasted vividly in the mind with the story being shared. New parents, in Russia, in what was, meeting the challenge of a system doomed. No opulence. … Continue reading
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an unintended vehicle
Saturday morning I drove over Willamette Pass in my birthday present. So, it was a rental. I used birthday money to rent it. The Enterprise car guy didn’t have my one-up-from-compact size in stock and gave me a free upgrade. At 8:00 we headed south. My music played, and Kimi in the back seat said … Continue reading
Posted in family, friends, outdoors, wonder
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wander
Perhaps a little wilderness is what’s called for. Wailing muscle the heart of the trail. Web hems stretch, cling, dry limbs’ claws waylay bare legs.Altitude gained, oxygen lost. Trudging rhythm. Breaths of dust. Grasp for barren treasure, the hard outline against bright space. Promise me a difficult beauty.
Posted in at loose ends, life, sadness, wonder
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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
Posted in life, random stuff, wonder, writing
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untidiness
She sat on the kitchen stool. Dishes remained piled at the sink. I leaned against the refrigerator–though it was late–still too wound up. We both were. Talk mingled with tears, as we processed more of the day. I had tried to weave a relaxed plan. Tried to make things flow smoothly before the drive north … Continue reading
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indirect lighting
It’s been almost two years, love, since Paris. That day we put one foot before the next to find each piece in the puzzle. Lots of meaning, somehow, in going from morning til far past dusk. I tried to write a story of inspiration about my anxiety and your kindness that day. But it was … Continue reading
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bee refreshed
You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give. ~Sir Winston Churchill
Posted in lil' animals, outdoors, wonder
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the work of play
“You doing all right?” I asked Mom. She sat in the pew beside me at the downtown Presbyterian church. The ceiling peaked miles, it seemed, above our heads. “Oh, I’m calm,” she said. “I’ve helped him practice so often, I know this will be wonderful.” She indeed looked composed, while I sat like a loaded … Continue reading
Posted in family, life, theater, wonder
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somebody’s old lady thinks so
Reflecting on my first fifty years… What has been most significant? While still in process about everything, I would start with growing up in a loving family finding my love, getting to keep him receiving my children, letting them go. *** The most important thing involving my inner life happened when I stopped fearing my … Continue reading
Posted in belief, life, reflection, wonder
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humble sunday
Today. Holy, passion, branches, ass’s colt. “O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem…!” Deliberate, determinate, love. And tears. Individuals know pieces of truth. Moments arrive that reveal what I know I know I know. A sense of reality. And yet nothing can be true without four little words: I could be wrong. Science is a study of static things. … Continue reading
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