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Into the Vortex
Into the Vortex
MemoircynthiaJuly 20, 2009elderly parents, elder care, Orange County, old agae, Jeanne, duty, love, Gordon Lightfoot Comments
Moments of Grace and Small Gifts
Moments of Grace and Small Gifts
Memoir, NaturecynthiaJuly 11, 2009acts of kindness, eagle sightings, Ranch life, assisted living, miracles, beauty, musicComment
From An Island
From An Island
Ranch Life, MemoircynthiaJuly 7, 2009Ranch life, Orange County, Iran, Michael Jackson, news, Jeanne, Steve, coping, life goes on, visiting, my motherComment
The Good-bye Part
The Good-bye Part
Memoir, Family History, TravelcynthiaJune 26, 2009loss, Oxford, saying good-bye, Miranda, daughter, family history, Long Island, Long Island home fire Comments
World Is Crazier and More of It Than We Think
World Is Crazier and More of It Than We Think
Family History, MemoircynthiaJune 26, 2009Boscoreale, Italy, travel, family history, Pinuccio, Luca, Amalfi Coast, Castellammare, Naples, Louis MacNieceComment
Time is A Country
Time is A Country
Memoir, TravelcynthiaJune 22, 2009Bath, daughter, England, Miranda, daughters grow up Comment
The City on the Vlatva
The City on the Vlatva
TravelcynthiaJune 13, 2009Prague Comments
Between Paris and Munich
Between Paris and Munich
Travel, MemoircynthiaJune 4, 2009Paris, trains, travel, Munich, France, Italy, Chicago, Notre Dame, Le Marais Comment
In Oxford
In Oxford
Memoir, UncategorizedcynthiaMay 28, 2009 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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