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A place to pause
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Brief Respite
Brief Respite
MemoircynthiaSeptember 30, 2008Camp Cooke, Kam Jacoby, Lompoc Historical Society, time travel, Myra ManfrinaComment
Changes and Allegiances
Changes and Allegiances
Commentary, Finding Hope, Ranch Life, Memoir, PoetrycynthiaSeptember 28, 2008election, Paul Newman, snakeskin, William Stafford, poetryComment
Childhood Economics
Childhood Economics
CommentarycynthiaSeptember 23, 2008economics, political commentary, crash Comments
Traffic School
Traffic School
MemoircynthiaSeptember 22, 2008traffic school, driving, humor, crime and punishment, DMV Comments
The Choice is Crystal Clear
The Choice is Crystal Clear
Commentary, Finding HopecynthiaSeptember 16, 2008election, Obama, Bush, ex-husband, political commentary, abortion Comments
We Come In Peace, Bearing Tomatoes
We Come In Peace, Bearing Tomatoes
Ranch LifecynthiaSeptember 15, 2008gardening, ranch life, tomatoes, tutti frutti farms, friends Comment
The Body’s Natural Tendency
The Body’s Natural Tendency
Ranch LifecynthiaSeptember 10, 2008 Comment
The View from Back Here: May Reason Prevail
The View from Back Here: May Reason Prevail
Commentary, Ranch LifecynthiaSeptember 7, 2008politics, cattle ranching, election, Bush, McCain, wisdom, democracy, competence, cycles Comment
Getting Giddy on Gaviota Peak
Getting Giddy on Gaviota Peak
Friends, Ranch Life, MemoircynthiaSeptember 2, 2008friends, hike, Gaviota Peak, Dave, Steve Comment
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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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