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I Awake To A Clattering of Windows
I Awake To A Clattering of Windows
Memoir, Ranch LifecynthiaFebruary 6, 2009Orhan Pamuk, rocket launch, wonder, Vandenberg Comment
One of Those Small Shining Moments
One of Those Small Shining Moments
Memoir, TeachingcynthiaFebruary 3, 2009Marian Anderson, middle school, TreebeardComment
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Ranch Life, MemoircynthiaFebruary 1, 2009moving sales, music, records, memoriesComment
Rain-Washed
Rain-Washed
Ranch LifecynthiaJanuary 24, 2009rain, middle school, President Obama, inauguration, new beginnings Comment
Make of Yourself A Light
Make of Yourself A Light
Memoir, Finding HopecynthiaJanuary 15, 2009Mary Oliver, Philippe Petit, Archibald MacLeish, Man of La Mancha Comments
That Privilege…and Others
That Privilege…and Others
Memoir, TeachingcynthiaJanuary 11, 2009Barack Obama, walks, middle school, teaching, Inauguration, Dunn School, low tide Comment
A Remembrance of Miracles
A Remembrance of Miracles
Ranch LifecynthiaJanuary 3, 2009friends, walks, chanterelles, miracles, wonders, Ranch life, Jeanne, ee cummings, E.E. Cummings, teaching, anxiety dreamsComment
Too Much Excitement
Too Much Excitement
Ranch Life, MemoircynthiaDecember 17, 2008bulls, cowboys, Jeanne, friends, macadamia trees, cattle, Ranch life Comments
Remembering Inflation
Remembering Inflation
Memoir, Ranch LifecynthiaDecember 13, 2008bicycles, bike repairs, learning, humor 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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