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The Stories
The Stories
Memoir, Friends, Family HistoryCyn CarboneAugust 24, 2025memoir, Gaviota Writers, friends, memories, stories, my mother, Jack Gilbert, moving, change, braveryComment
Undoing
Undoing
Memoir, Friends, Finding Hope, CommentaryCyn CarboneAugust 17, 2025memoir, moving, change, friendship, political action, kindnessComment
Days of Smoke and Boxes
Days of Smoke and Boxes
Memoir, On WritingCyn CarboneAugust 10, 2025memoir, moving, change, writing, journals, coping, teaching, being a mom, Robert Hubbell, Stanley Kunitz Comment
The View From Here
The View From Here
Memoir, Ranch LifeCyn CarboneJuly 27, 2025memoir, grandparenting, ranch life, nature, Mark Nepo, wisdom, good-byes, FelixComment
Revisiting First Street
Revisiting First Street
Memoir, Family History, CommentaryCyn CarboneJuly 20, 2025memoir, dreams, family history, resolve, moving, photographsComment
Risking Delight
Risking Delight
Finding Hope, Memoir, Ranch LifeCyn CarboneJuly 13, 2025memoir, poetry, Jack Gilbert, Robert Hubbell, John Lewis, political commentary, democracy, family, grandparenting Comment
Who We Are
Who We Are
Memoir, Finding Hope, Commentary, Ranch LifeCyn CarboneJuly 5, 2025political commentary, elephant seals, starfish parable, small deeds, hope, immigration, Tom Scarborough, Tony Judt, Paul Simon, America, 4th of July, government Comments
What Mattered
What Mattered
Family History, Memoir, On WritingCyn CarboneJune 29, 2025writing, letters, memories, moving, memorabilia, familyComment
Into The Gaps
Into The Gaps
Memoir, Friends, Finding Hope, CommentaryCyn CarboneJune 20, 2025memoir, commentary, friendship, Annie Dillard, wisdom, finding hope, finding joyComment
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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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