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Musings on Madness

June 21, 2022

Me: I am a round peg in the square hole of life. Kyle: Ah, so it’s hereditary! January 2016 I …

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June 2, 2022

whenyou come into my dreamsnot often, but sometimesyou are thereand I wonder whyafter all the yearsand the passageof more than …

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Older Now

May 26, 2022

I feel older nowbut not in the way of decay.Old in the ways of learning,and of experience,and, yes, of wisdom.Of …

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Soon, please

January 25, 2022

When I was young and had just begun to be able to sense things around me, and became aware of …

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Sedona, Oak Creek, October 2001

November 12, 2020

Time to take flight myself, I guess.

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Taking a Moment in the Ocean of Time

April 2, 2020

To drink it a moment, to let everything else go and to be free of stress and burden and worry…even just for a moment…

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Blessing Shotweed

November 8, 2019

Moving, I face the Incense Cedar and stretch my back, arching it as far as I can as I sit there. Looking up through the dark green branches against the bright blue sky, I invite its fragrance into me through my breath.

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And Forever Again

July 8, 2018

My love for my  father feels like a warm fire like the morning sun   sounds like misty rain like …

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Misty Morning in May

May 20, 2018

Yesterday, I completed the building and planting of the five gardens that surround the house.  As I sat on the …

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The Song That Is My Friend

April 22, 2018

Last night, I saw Bryan Bowers perform. It was the first time I had seen him since sometime around 1975.  …

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  • Musings on Madness
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Kate Cowie Riley on Older Now
dianeperazzo on Older Now
Teach the Children W… on Fevers, Dreams, and Knowi…
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Small, Powerful Gift… on Lake Fog

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