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The Fixer of Crackers Coexists With The Cracked
The Fixer of Crackers Coexists With The Cracked
Memoir, Ranch LifecynthiaApril 14, 2014macadamia nuts, Monte, ranch life, Thich Nhat Hanh, mindfulness, machinery, maintenance Comments
Words from Wendell Barry
Words from Wendell Barry
Nature, PoetrycynthiaApril 12, 2014poetry, Wendell Barry, wisdom, nature, sacred placesComment
The Salute
The Salute
Friends, MemoircynthiaApril 10, 2014Dick Jacoby, Lompoc, oral history, stories, General MacArthur, history, memories, Tokyo Comments
You Be The Mother
You Be The Mother
Poetry, MemoircynthiaApril 9, 2014daughters growing up, Marie Howe, poetry, parenting, wisdom, being Mommy, Hurry, poemComment
This Is What You've Been Waiting For
This Is What You've Been Waiting For
Memoir, PoetrycynthiaApril 9, 2014Krista Tippett, Marie Howe, poetry, walksComment
Of The News and The Olds
Of The News and The Olds
MemoircynthiaApril 5, 2014friends, ranch life, writing Comments
Just Beginning To See
Just Beginning To See
MemoircynthiaApril 5, 20141970s, figuring things out, Syracuse Comments
Strange Days
Strange Days
Memoir, Ranch LifecynthiaApril 3, 2014beach walks, life&death, ranch life, rocket launch, Johnny Flynn, The Lady Is Risen, launch, beach walk, surfingComment
Arroyo Hondo Foray
Arroyo Hondo Foray
Friends, Memoir, NaturecynthiaApril 3, 2014friends, hiking, local history, Arroyo Hondo, Gaviota, Cornelia, hikes, J.J. HollisterComment
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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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