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A Simple Monk
A Simple Monk
Commentary, MemoircynthiaApril 25, 2009Buddhism, Dalai Lama, UCSB, wisdomComment
Disappearance Again
Disappearance Again
PoetrycynthiaApril 23, 2009Naomi Shihab Nye, disappearance, petry Comments
On the Subject of Disappearance: The Tale of Everett Ruess
On the Subject of Disappearance: The Tale of Everett Ruess
Commentary, Books and publications, TravelcynthiaApril 21, 2009Everett Ruess, Willa Cather, history, John Kiewit, Utah, beauty, the West, art, Vagabond for Beauty Comments
You Will Disappear Some Day Like That
You Will Disappear Some Day Like That
Memoir, PoetrycynthiaApril 19, 2009aging, friends, William Stafford, Carlos Castenada, agingmy mother, poetry Comment
Through the Halls of Power Into Haiku
Through the Halls of Power Into Haiku
Commentary, MemoircynthiaApril 8, 2009Washington D-C-, government, lobbying, Lincoln, South Coast Writing Project, teaching, National Writing ProjectComment
Church
Church
Friends, MemoircynthiaApril 8, 2009church, friendship, religion, Florida, prayer, memoir, life lessons Comment
I Will Wave From the Shore Blowing Kisses
I Will Wave From the Shore Blowing Kisses
Memoir, TeachingcynthiaMarch 29, 2009middle school, teaching Comments
That Recurring Dream in Which I Return to My Childhood Home
That Recurring Dream in Which I Return to My Childhood Home
Family History, Memoir, On WritingcynthiaMarch 9, 2009childhood, dreams, my mother Comments
Afternoon Electives
Afternoon Electives
Memoir, TeachingcynthiaMarch 7, 2009middle school, teachingComment
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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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