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Treasures in a Shoebox
Treasures in a Shoebox
Memoir, Friends, Small PleasurescynthiaDecember 28, 2013oralee, getting old, Kiewits, courage, wisdom, Kiewit Foundation, gifts, birthdays, time passes, memorabilia, keepsakesComment
December 25
December 25
Memoir, Nature, Ranch LifecynthiaDecember 26, 2013Christmas, California, daughter visiting, nature, roadrunner, hawks, Ranch life Comments
Il Presepe
Il Presepe
Friends, MemoircynthiaDecember 24, 2013Christmas, tradition, nativity, Italy, Italian traditions, art, holidayComment
Probability: Zero
Probability: Zero
Books and publications, Finding Hope, Memoir, Nature, On Writing, Ranch Life, Small PleasurescynthiaDecember 14, 2013treebeard, probability, implausibility, Book Loft, writing, books and publications, reading, Marc Kummel Comments
December Days
December Days
Nature, Ranch LifecynthiaDecember 8, 2013photo gallery, Ranch scenes, beautyComment
One of Those "I Love My Life" Moments
One of Those "I Love My Life" Moments
Friends, MemoircynthiaDecember 5, 2013local ranches, friends, visits, El Chorro, walks, moments, small pleasures, cattle ranchingComment
A Great Soul Passes
A Great Soul Passes
Commentary, Finding Hope, PoetrycynthiaDecember 5, 2013Nelson Mandela, Invictus, poem, tribute, William Ernest Henley, courage, greatness, history, inspirationComment
Knee Caps
Knee Caps
MemoircynthiaDecember 1, 2013Jeanette, crossing guard, P.S. 179, childhood, Brooklyn, dignity, encouragement, memoir Comments
Flying A Kite
Flying A Kite
Memoir, PoetrycynthiaNovember 30, 2013El Morro, Laguna Beach, flying a kite, being young, family, memories, Leonard Cohen, poetry 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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