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Small Comfort, A Poem by Katha Pollitt
Small Comfort, A Poem by Katha Pollitt
Poetry, Memoir, TravelcynthiaAugust 14, 2014small comfort, garden lady, Brooklyn, Katha Pollitt, green umbrella lady, travel, Botanic garden, roses, storiesComment
After The Genie
After The Genie
Commentary, Finding Hope, MemoircynthiaAugust 14, 2014Robin Williams, suicide, depression, wisdom, loss, family history, coping, comfort, grief, cultural icon Comments
Getting Some Traction
Getting Some Traction
Travel, MemoircynthiaAugust 8, 2014Art District, Los Angeles, traavel, photosComment
Waking At 3 a.m., A Poem by William Stafford
Waking At 3 a.m., A Poem by William Stafford
PoetrycynthiaAugust 3, 2014poetry, William Stafford, comfort, reassurance, insomniaComment
Saturday Morning Visit
Saturday Morning Visit
MemoircynthiaAugust 3, 2014Gaviota, oral history, Pork Palace, local history, art, Lori, friends, memories, Living Stories CollectiveComment
Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you.
Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you.
PoetrycynthiaAugust 1, 2014poetry, yearning, loss, poem, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, missing someone, grief, mortality Comment
Just Walking to the Neighbors' House
Just Walking to the Neighbors' House
Memoir, Ranch LifecynthiaAugust 1, 2014friends, ranch life, walks Comments
A Lovely Day in Lompoc
A Lovely Day in Lompoc
Friends, Memoir, Small PleasurescynthiaJuly 30, 2014Kam Jacoby, Lompoc, oral histories, photosComment
Wind and Sky and Summer Nights
Wind and Sky and Summer Nights
Nature, Ranch LifecynthiaJuly 27, 2014Gaviota, stars, wind, Rilke, Milky Way, Ranch life, Lyra the Harp, gratitude 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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