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Knight in Blue Armor

Posted on June 10, 2024 by O

I’ve tried everything to make you go away. And make you stay. Because I know that you will never be mine. One of us has to leave, and I suppose it must be me. I have persisted in the wind, … Continue reading →

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Little Henry

Posted on October 16, 2023 by O

Alarm rang or rather buzzed, a muffled buzz like bees trying to come out of something. Only 5:30 a.m. and it will be too dark to walk in the garden. Must wait another fifteen minutes, or thirty, or maybe even … Continue reading →

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Gather Up Your Stars

Posted on April 2, 2023 by O

The best thing I read about the stars was in a quote, when I was searching for information on environmental matters, to help save the world, which as you know, cannot be saved anymore. I am sorry to break this … Continue reading →

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Easter Without You

Posted on April 16, 2022 by O

What can I say? It all came down to nothing this year. Without you. Last night I missed the Good Friday service. I was too tired after cleaning the house. I guess a clean house meant more to me than … Continue reading →

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God Ripped Out My Garden But Gave Me Back My Heart

Posted on June 23, 2021 by O

I sat at the top of the basement stairs last night in case the house blew off the ground. The storm was that bad. I can’t say I was terrified but I was a bit worried. Mostly about paper things. … Continue reading →

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Will the Snow Make it Better?

Posted on January 31, 2021 by O

Why come back to a page in a book, or a blog or a pad of paper? Why come back to the scraps on the desk noting things to do like clean, brush teeth, cook, finish an email or shovel … Continue reading →

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Shall I Try to Reach A Higher State of Consciousness or Drink the Cherry Wine?

Posted on March 21, 2020 by O

I told my sister the other day that I was profoundly interested in exploring my solitude, now imposed on all of us.  I told a friend that I was embracing solitary confinement with sadness but that I was going to … Continue reading →

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Blue Christmas, Blue Birds, Blue Water

Posted on December 23, 2019 by O

I walked to church yesterday for the Blue Christmas service.  I wore that very expensive coat I bought twenty years ago as a Christmas present for myself, and, at the time trembled as I gave the card to the cashier, … Continue reading →

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The Blue Whales Are Coming

Posted on July 16, 2019 by O

I sat out there in the garden just a while ago.  And while the world outside was raging in hot winds and fires and pestilence and murders and all sorts of heinous human things, in the garden still, now and … Continue reading →

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Was it the Scrambled Eggs, the Sun, or Yellowjacket lying on the Windowsill?

Posted on February 23, 2019 by O

I don’t know why but I feel happy again.  This morning.   I did not sit in the chair by the red Chinese lamp brooding.  Staring out the window missing the massive Elms that used to rise up in the air … Continue reading →

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