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The Ranch

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One week ago we walked in green and misty Wales, and now I am back in the land of bleached parched hills. I suppose I should write more.I probably will.

Soon.

Memoir, Ranch Life, TravelcynthiaJune 28, 2015travel, photos, Wales, home, landscape1 Comment
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MemoircynthiaJune 3, 2015wonders, travel, ranch life, daughters growing up, England, Monte, Miranda, wisdom, memories, memoir, childhood, growing up
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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