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While Venus Passed
While Venus Passed
Memoir, Family History, Finding HopecynthiaJune 7, 2012elderly parents, my mother, Orange County, kindness, duty, Orange Circle, votingComment
Today
Today
Ranch LifecynthiaJune 3, 2012photos, Hollister Ranch, images Comment
At the Middle of the World
At the Middle of the World
MemoircynthiaJune 3, 2012Ecuador, old people, oral history, Cuenca, homesickness, assisted living, Jaime, my mother, Esther, at the assisted living facility Comments
Saturday's Poem: Hug by Ron Padgett
Saturday's Poem: Hug by Ron Padgett
PoetrycynthiaJune 1, 2012poetry, Ron Padgett, hugsComment
In the Garden With the Hollyhocks
In the Garden With the Hollyhocks
MemoircynthiaMay 29, 2012Memories, Nancy, Annie Dillard, childhoodComment
The Greatest Generation
The Greatest Generation
Friends, Memoir, Ranch LifecynthiaMay 27, 2012Harrington, Jack and Barbara Harrington, elders, the greatest generation, memories, oral history, ranch life, neighborsComment
Saturday's Poem: Grass
Saturday's Poem: Grass
PoetrycynthiaMay 26, 2012poetry, grass, cows, Ruth Schwartz, ranch life, cattleComment
Strawberry Fields
Strawberry Fields
Finding Hope, MemoircynthiaMay 25, 2012Ryan, my nephew, traumatic brain injury, recovery, rehabilitation, songs, music, Bingo, power of music, memories, family, pop songs, hope, healingComment
That's Duvet It Is
That's Duvet It Is
MemoircynthiaMay 21, 2012shopping, color, choices, bedding, home decor, wisdom, gratitude, Goethe, saffron, gingko, duvet, comforterComment
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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