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Tag Archives: words
Fate
She would find a loyal companion, jump into a jeep and head to Mexico to ride out the storm. Borders are closed to me now, so I journey within – opening windows painted shut over the years and closing doors … Continue reading
Pause
“So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.” – T.S. Eliot On a night of rain and whiskey, the raindrops and burn keep worry away during watershed days after the pandemic announcement that has stilled the world. … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel
Tagged art, Covid-19, dancing, meditating, normalcy, pause, rain, safety, social distancing, Spring, stillness, walking, wanders, whiskey, words
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Summer’s Green Heart
“ I can breathe where there is green. Green grows hope. It keeps my heart beating and helps me remember who I am.” – Courtney M. Privett, Faelost Glancing out the bedroom window overlooking the alleyway, I was struck by … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel
Tagged blogging, community garden, connected, festival, forest, green, heart, hope, nature, paradise, ritual, salmon berries, strawberries, Summer, trees, words
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The Winds of Change
“ For when all else is done, only words remain. Words endure.” – Kate Mosse, The Winter Ghosts A recent article in one of the only free newspapers left in the city caught my eye, describing a worrisome new normal … Continue reading
Dancing in the Dark
“ So the darkness shall be the light and the stillness the dancing.” – T. S. Eliot Summer has returned for a few days, giving us a chance to go on one more picnic in the park, drink another iced chocolate and feel … Continue reading
Foraging
We keep telling ourselves it isn’t going to happen, that our world will not be destroyed by a madman or two hurling threats and insults before picking up their toys. The image of what might be cuts too deep, leaving … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged beauty, faith, healing, hope, life, madmen, media, prayer, redemption, resurrection, seed thoughts, truth, weapons, words, world
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The Fifth Turning
Words shimmer on the newsprint page, a desert mirage promising lush green amid the anarchy. Falling from the lips of wily wizards and sharp eyed visionaries, they weave a tale that rivals the books out of time that we covet … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged choices, cycles, history, mirage, nations, new age, news, prophecy, tale, the fourth turning, transcendence, visionaries, war, wizards, words
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Janus
Dark poetry and longing traverse the unbound heart, igniting flames of winter blue and summer gold in their wake. Scents of forbidden fruit waft through the forest of words luring the unwary from the known path, encasing them like insects … Continue reading
The Fall
We are among the fallen, both human born and heaven wrought, the ones who chose to be gods instead of children. Sentenced to wait for the light between the seasons of abundance and loss we find ourselves on this long … Continue reading
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