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It’s Personal
It’s Personal
Memoir, On WritingCyn CarboneJuly 29, 2021grief, writing, wisdom, memoir, Naomi Shihab Nye, Mary Oliver, Elizabeth Alexander
Optimism in a Time of Doom
Optimism in a Time of Doom
Memoir, Finding Hope, Poetry, Ranch Life, Small PleasuresCyn CarboneJuly 21, 2021optimism, Jack Gilbert, Mark Haunfelner, Brief for the Defense, ranch life, anxiety, wisdom, joy
Map in the Dirt, Message on a Tree
Map in the Dirt, Message on a Tree
Memoir, Ranch LifeCyn CarboneJuly 12, 2021ranch life, maps, Sacate Creek, Gaviota, stories, time travel, history, Hollister Ranch
Marshmallow Cookies
Marshmallow Cookies
Memoir, Family HistoryCyn CarboneJuly 10, 2021Eddie, my brother Eddie, childhood, memories, Brooklyn, family history, siblings
Going Deeper
Going Deeper
Memoir, CommentaryCyn CarboneJune 27, 2021ranch life, Stanley Kunitz, Richard Blanco, memoir, history, drought, life wisdom, family history
A Summer Foray
A Summer Foray
Friends, Memoir, TravelCyn CarboneJune 21, 2021memoir, friends, Jalama, teens, Long Island, Lake Ronkonkoma, Mike and Donna, summer
Hearts & Flowers
Hearts & Flowers
Memoir, Friends, Small Pleasures, Ranch LifeCyn CarboneJune 14, 2021memoir, friends, Ming, David, hikes, daughter, Miranda, wisdom, ranch life, community
Selling Tommy
Selling Tommy
Memoir, Ranch LifeCyn CarboneJune 7, 2021horses, memoir, memories, ranch life, growing up, daughters grow up
A Hush
A Hush
Memoir, Nature, Ranch LifeCyn CarboneJune 3, 2021memoir, Mary Oliver, fog, ranch life, nature, stillness
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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... veterinary lesson best kind of welcome red vein 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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