I love finding walking sticks. They are masters of camouflage so I’m always pretty impressed with myself when I manage to see one. This guy wasn’t too hard to spot, however. I’m not sure why …
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THROUGH MY LENS: Incognito
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THROUGH MY LENS: The Old Birch
At the back of the yard this big birch tree stands alone. It’s very messy, shedding branches large and small all the time. It’s rotting, dying unfortunately, from some disease or what may have been …
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Revisiting “The Artist’s Way”
Discovering the book The Artist’s Way can be life-changing. It outlines a basic 12-step program to uncover blocks and help free creativity. There is a spiritual although not religious connotation to the book, which might bother some people …
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A Writer’s Gift
Some of you who read my blog may notice I have started posting a lot more this week. Over the weekend I attended a blogging workshop held by Jon Katz and Maria Wulf down at …
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Forty-three
Today is my birthday. I am the age I titled this post. I remember thinking when I was in my 30s that 40 seemed so old and far away. Now it is here, has been for …
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LAST THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Defending your life
“Defend your inner world. Be present. Be in the moment. Engaged, connected.” – Rainer Maria Rilke Growing up I think I was always defending myself. Or feeling quite often like I had to. I was …
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ON MY SOAPBOX: Hit and Run
Driving home tonight I passed two skunks, a porcupine, and a raccoon, all dead. Squashed in the road and left to be food for crows. Every day and night animals are killed by cars. You know, …
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: “A Restless Dark”
I wrote the following poem last night right after I went to bed. The lights were shut off, the animals settled around me. But I lay there and heard it in my head, felt it …
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: “The Silence”
This poem is about secrets: Not ones you feel you have to keep out of fear or pain, but the ones you want to keep, ones that sharing would result in some personal, irretrievable loss. Not all …
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AROUND THE FARM: “Winter is coming.”
If you’ve ever watched Game of Thrones or read the series of books, then you’re familiar with the Stark family motto. It’s all about getting ready for the long, dark cold to come: a time …
