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Seeking Peace
Summer days are full of activity. Neighbors are out of their homes, walking their dogs, tending to their yards, bringing home groceries. It is late afternoon, the windows are open, the breeze is blowing and birds are chirping. A cicada out...
Wordless Wednesday – August 22, 2018
Fire Pit (poem)
Flies, bees, fireflies whirr in summer heat circulating like blood in a heart, pumping much needed oxygen to weary limbs that would die without air What stays, stands near, surrounds, envelops the air, the outline of our skin? Dig a hole, build a fire pit, watch...
Wordless Wednesday -August 15, 2018
Friday Feature – August 10, 2018 – Hiatus
Folks, I'm taking a break from a weekly article I began this summer called "Friday Feature". I will evaluate this feature and may resume it again in the fall, but for now, my brain is saying "take a break" and the summer sun is beckoning me to...
Wordless Wednesday – August 8, 2018
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Moonrise (poem)
Moonrise Will you glimmer on the sea? Will you fling your spear-head On the shore? What note shall we pitch? We have a song, On the bank we share our arrows— The loosed string tells our note: O flight, Bring her swiftly to our song. She is great, We measure her by the...
The News From June
Below is a post that has been sitting in my draft folder since I wrote it in late June. I wrote about a particular situation that was occurring (and still an issue) in our country, and in this post, ponder if/how I should address such issues here on the blog....
Wordless Wednesday – August 1, 2018
“Everyday I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.” ― Claude Monet “Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and...
Friday Feature – July 27, 2018 – Is Your Phone Eavesdropping on You?
I first noticed it about a year ago, though it could have been going on for longer, and probably was. Recently I was talking to my daughter about shopping at Meijer and Wal-Mart. Meijer is quite a bit further so I choose not to go there and shop at Wal-Mart...
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