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Keep Calm and Carry On
Keep Calm and Carry On
MemoircynthiaJanuary 8, 2008daughters grow up, Miranda, saying good-bye, being a mom, wisdom, England Comments
What We Do
What We Do
Finding Hope, MemoircynthiaJanuary 8, 2008vermont, Mort, Mo, storiesComment
The Sea Wall
The Sea Wall
Ranch LifecynthiaJanuary 7, 2008sea wall, reflectionsComment
Getting Ready for the Rain
Getting Ready for the Rain
Ranch LifecynthiaJanuary 3, 2008rain, ranch life, work, storms, Gaviota, Gaviota Creek, flooding, preparations, memoirComment
I Resolve
I Resolve
MemoircynthiaDecember 29, 2007memoir, New Year's Day, daughter, Monte, resolutions Comments
Christmas Ornaments
Christmas Ornaments
MemoircynthiaDecember 26, 2007 Comment
Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice
MemoircynthiaDecember 23, 2007Comment
The Lost Day
The Lost Day
Memoir, Small Pleasures, Finding HopecynthiaDecember 14, 2007headachese, Boston, Miranda, blizzards, winter, joy, comfort, optimism, meteor showerComment
Sky Watcher
Sky Watcher
MemoircynthiaDecember 12, 2007meteors, friends, Donna Hewitt, Teresa, Brooklyn, childhood memories, stars, Chris Culver Comments
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Lines and reflections Fog at play. A hike with friends...foolproof remedy for the blues. We’re fortified now. A storied old house: “Outdoors the wind./Indoors the locked heart and the lost key.” (Louis Macniece) We ran into a skeleton, a miniature mule, and Milly today. I’m obsessed. Can you blame me?! Looking out towards Gaviota Peak the fog considers a comeback Ranch roads on this late summer morning... red vein veterinary lesson best kind of welcome Well, THIS was unexpected. And this is how we are getting to know the infinitely fascinating and oh-so-faraway Felix...sigh. When a friend calls to me from the road 
And slows his horse to a meaning walk, 
I don't stand still and look around 
On all the hills I haven't hoed, 
And shout from where I am, What is it? 
No, not as there is a time to talk. 
I thrust my hoe in th In a dark time the eye begins to see (Roethke) a walk adorned by swirls of fog The shy return of clouds.
“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
— Mary Oliver
 

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