A LITTLE MARY OLIVER WITH OUR EASTER
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6d ago
  Common Bluets on a Rocky Hillside "The Veil" There are moments when the veil seems  almost to lift, and we understand what  the earth is meant to mean to us -- the  trees in their docility, the hills in their patience, the flowers and the  vines in their wild, sweet vitality.   Then the Word is within us, and the  Book is put away. Mary Oliver is a mystic poet, open and attentive to the presence of God in the world.  She calls the earth "God's body."   To wit, "It is not hard to understand / where God's body is. / It is everywh ..read more
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EASTER
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1w ago
I'm so glad it's almost Easter.  The world is Easter-ready.  Today we saw two purple finches courtship-feeding. The male, a rosier shade, delicately passing seed to the female. She, assessing him as a mate for one sitting on the nest and needing a bite now and then.  He was proving his worth, I thought.  He wasn't letting her out of his sight.  He would be a good helpmeet.   The dwarf red maple is leafed out.  The snap dragons wintered over and are radiant.  Forsythia are just shedding their yellow flowers for vibrant leaves.  Red bud are lini ..read more
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THAT SOMETHING WILD
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3w ago
 Coyotes don't surprise me, their howling far away, Or closer but not visible. And yet the dog's alert, my maltipoo. He turns and waits for me before he leaves the step, When clocks strike ten and dark it is. My torch the only light unless the moon is full. But last night straight across our path a red fox sauntered by. From whence he came I could not tell  'Till Wiggles sniffed his trail down to the boardwalk. It had lain where I had walked that day. I do not want a fox so close although it carried awe. A small intake, a taint of joy  That something wild should freely go ..read more
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GO GENTLY
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3w ago
Go gently when your morning comes and thoughts are waiting prey. Go gently when the evening falls if thoughts still trembling there. Go gently if your mind's awry remembering every wound, From words that drop like nerves gone bad,  Your shelter out of reach.  And then you write and say it straight or say it slant Or don't say it at all.  The thoughts recede; they have before. It was so long ago.  ..read more
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DO LESS, THINK BETTER
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1M ago
A Coming Storm, North Carolina Coast  There's a lot going on in the world that isn't good.  I don't need to name it.  Follow the news, open your inbox, talk to your children, read your own heart.   So, we look for ways to foster our wellbeing.  I used to think that sounded too new age, or impractical.  With kids and parents and work, who has the time?  And many don't.  But remember as a child lying on the floor looking at the ceiling?  Or on the ground looking at the clouds?  When my schoolwork was done, I used to put on a re ..read more
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IT'S ALL GOOD
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1M ago
There's nothing to eat.  But wait.  I'm good at creating meals from tidbits.  I have a potato and some left-over chicken.  With a spoonful of raisins and nuts and a bit of veg, I can make a curry sauce.  Or eggs.  There's always eggs.  Or pancakes, even better.   The whole house is dirty.  But I love this house.  It's bright and open.  A swiffer, Endust, Windex, a mop and vacuum won't take long at all.  The clean floors will feel smooth under my bare feet.  The glass will shine.  Everything will smell lemony ..read more
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KNOW THE EARTH AS POETRY
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1M ago
Reflections, Bok Tower, Florida The other day my granddaughter said, "I think being a follower is underrated."  "So is being an introvert," I replied.  So, two generations apart, something we could agree on.  Although we agree on many things, actually.  If you have a granddaughter you know, treasures beyond compare.   Some of us don't want to be tough alpha leaders.  I read this somewhere:  "Some of us just want to write and wander the garden and breathe in the sky and nourish and nurture and quietly create new pathways and live our lives as ou ..read more
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THE DAY SUPRISING MILD
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1M ago
Hellebores, the Lenten Rose Window cracked, sky a shadow,  Moon just out not dark enough to glow. I'll shut the window soon, The day surprising mild. I see jonquils, pushing through and crocus, a few, confused in purple bloom.  My heavy Lenten roses bending pink, pale green and white,  More clustered this year than last, next year than this.  Their fingers spread beneath the soil. "We know it isn't Spring," they say,  "But hope is ours to share like broadcast news.   Come, forsythia.  Let's fling our spectrum wide."  The leav ..read more
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LIFELONG LEARNING INCLUDES LEARNING ABOUT YOURSELF
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2M ago
Lifelong learning includes learning about yourself.  Here's what I learned this year.  It may not be too much different from what you are learning about yourself as well.  I learned that almost every day, every week, passes too quickly.  I learned that time can be almost idyllic, almost just exactly what anyone would want, even with my traditional sadnesses and disappointments hanging in the air.  Because over the years, we learn to cope with these, don't we?  We integrate missing someone, or worrying about someone, or even forgetting someone, into our lives ..read more
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LEANN FORD'S "FEEL FREE MAGAZINE" (WONDERFUL!)
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2M ago
In my stash of collage journaling stuff, this morning I found Vol. 3 of "Feel Free Magazine" by Leanne Ford.  It was in a stack with "The Simple Things" from the UK, "Daphne's Diary" from the Netherlands, and a pile of Stampington back issues filled with collage paper.  On a rainy January day, being inspired to find creativity in nature is just what I need. So, I'm going to share some of the words and ideas that seem so true.  I wish I could share all the lovely photos too.   Aiming for perfection is fruitless.  And ruthless really.  It's a was ..read more
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