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Good Things That Quietly Continue
Good Things That Quietly Continue
Finding Hope, Memoir, Nature, TeachingcynthiaJune 7, 2010Chumash, Fernando Librado, Gaviota, hidden caves, insect galls, California history, galls, nature, Marc Kummel, TreebeardComment
Saturday’s Poem: Talk About Walking
Saturday’s Poem: Talk About Walking
PoetrycynthiaJune 5, 2010poetry, Philip Booth, walking, hikes Comment
Beauty and The Bees
Beauty and The Bees
NaturecynthiaJune 2, 2010bees, honeycomb, Fibonacci numbers, golden ratio, wonders, nature Comment
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board
Finding Hope, MemoircynthiaMay 29, 2010botanical garden, bulletin board, Lompoc, small town America, community Comment
Saturday’s Poem: A House of Readers
Saturday’s Poem: A House of Readers
PoetrycynthiaMay 29, 2010reading, poetry, family, readers, Jim Wayne Miller Comment
Saturday’s Poem: What to Remember When Waking
Saturday’s Poem: What to Remember When Waking
PoetrycynthiaMay 22, 2010poetry, David Whyte, What to Remember When WakingComment
The One In Which She Opens Up That Dusty Old Trunk in the Garage
The One In Which She Opens Up That Dusty Old Trunk in the Garage
Finding Hope, MemoircynthiaMay 15, 2010Buddhist perspective, memorabilia, old letters, trunk of pain, daughters, happinessComment
Saturday’s Poem: The Layers
Saturday’s Poem: The Layers
PoetrycynthiaMay 15, 2010Stanley Kunitz, The Layers, transformation, changes, poem, poetryComment
The Sun Rose
The Sun Rose
Nature, Small PleasurescynthiaMay 14, 2010roses, mmorning, moments, memoir 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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