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Uncharted Waters
Uncharted Waters
Commentary, MemoircynthiaFebruary 2, 2017activism, commentary, Edna St- Vincent Millay, memoir, moral courage, poetry, politics, resistance, TrumpComment
Harbor of Grace
Harbor of Grace
Commentary, Finding Hope, MemoircynthiaJanuary 26, 2017activism, D-C-, friendship, history, human rights, politics, protest, resistance, Trump, Washington, women's march Comments
Before the March
Before the March
Commentary, MemoircynthiaJanuary 18, 2017Comment
The Rain and The Light
The Rain and The Light
Memoir, PoetrycynthiaJanuary 4, 2017grief, life lessons, loss, mother, poetry, W-S- MerwinComment
Stories and Change
Stories and Change
Friends, MemoircynthiaDecember 24, 2016fire, memoir, Long Island, loss, Donna, Teresa, ChrisComment
Resistance
Resistance
Commentary, MemoircynthiaDecember 22, 20161960s, 2106 election, activism, community, David Harris, George Orwell, politics, resistance Comments
'Tis A Season
'Tis A Season
Commentary, Finding Hope, Memoir, Ranch Life, TeachingcynthiaDecember 13, 2016California, Christmas, Yvon Chouinard, hope, dorothyComment
Leaving Dream-Island
Leaving Dream-Island
CommentarycynthiaDecember 2, 2016baking bread, Barbara Kingsolver, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, dreams, grief, politics, ranch life, stories Comments
What We Need Is Here
What We Need Is Here
Commentary, Memoir, NaturecynthiaNovember 23, 20162016 election, canyon wren, coping, hikes, Jon Stewart, Lao Tzu, mountain lion, nature, Point Conception, Thich Nhat Hanh, walks 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 best kind of welcome Ranch roads on this late summer morning... red vein veterinary lesson 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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