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The Fort of July
The Fort of July
Finding Hope, Memoir, Nature, Ranch LifecynthiaJuly 5, 20174th of July, America, hope, kids, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Naomi Shihab Nye, politics, ranch lifeComment
Lights in the Night
Lights in the Night
Nature, Ranch LifecynthiaJuly 1, 2017boats, fishing, nights, ranch life, squid boats, wildlifeComment
Tuesday Morning
Tuesday Morning
Memoir, Ranch LifecynthiaJune 27, 2017cattle, daughters, ranch lifeComment
Turning Toward A Brightness
Turning Toward A Brightness
PoetrycynthiaJune 26, 2017beauty, hope, light, nature, poetry, RS Thomas, solaceComment
Summer Settles In: A Re-Run
Summer Settles In: A Re-Run
Memoir, Family HistorycynthiaJune 23, 2017daughters growing up, light, my mother, ranch life, small pleasures, summer, Orange County, my mother in law, my sister, memoriesComment
An Open Reply to A Disillusioned Friend
An Open Reply to A Disillusioned Friend
CommentarycynthiaJune 23, 2017commentary, finding hope, politics, survivalComment
Intimates
Intimates
MemoircynthiaJune 22, 20171950s, childhood, childhood memories, department stores, lingerie, Macy's, NostalgiaComment
Don't Feed Into the Cynicism
Don't Feed Into the Cynicism
UncategorizedcynthiaJune 21, 2017Comment
Raving With The Ravens
Raving With The Ravens
Memoir, Nature, TravelcynthiaJune 19, 2017coping, Grace Paley, interviews, Living Stories Collective, nature, ravens, solace, walks, William StaffordComment
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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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