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Random Detour
Random Detour
MemoircynthiaNovember 9, 2009Miranda, Philadelphia, photosComment
Sustaining Things
Sustaining Things
On WritingcynthiaOctober 30, 2009Kim Stafford, South Coast Writing Project, Ted Martinez, friends, anniverary, Lompoc, Yosemite, anniversary Comment
Bejeweled
Bejeweled
Memoir, Small PleasurescynthiaOctober 17, 2009earrings, getting old, Facebook, jewels, mother-in-law, gifits, riches, time passes, my daughter, trinkets, heirlooms Comments
On October 12
On October 12
Memoir, Ranch LifecynthiaOctober 12, 2009fathers, loss, Saverio William Carbone, father, William Stafford, rain, storm, October 12, memoir, family Comment
Into a Winter, Long Ago
Into a Winter, Long Ago
Memoir, FriendscynthiaOctober 5, 2009diamond nights, Syracuse, winters, Michigan, Steve, Alela Diane, White As DiamondsComment
And On to Bryce Canyon
And On to Bryce Canyon
Friends, TravelcynthiaSeptember 30, 2009Utah, Bryce Canyon, walks, travel, Steve, The West Comments
Into the Red Rock Country
Into the Red Rock Country
Friends, TravelcynthiaSeptember 29, 2009Utah, travel, Steve, Kolobs, Zion, red rock, Taylor Creek, hikingComment
Among the Aspens
Among the Aspens
Friends, TravelcynthiaSeptember 27, 2009Utah, Steve, Grateful Dead, Cedar City, Kolobs, Aspen trees, travel, hikes, photos Comment
Mean Streets, Happy Canyon
Mean Streets, Happy Canyon
Memoir, Family HistorycynthiaSeptember 25, 2009travel, Orange County, family, hard times, troubled kids, addiction, downward spirals, conbtrastsComment
Newer Older
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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