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Robins on Top of the World

Posted on March 5, 2017 by O

The phone rang early this morning and I ran upstairs to answer it. Phones ringing in the morning or late at night are disturbing……. I don’t have phones in every room and haven’t bothered to learn how to use my … Continue reading →

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A Sea of Roses

Posted on February 25, 2017 by O

I’m trying to think of things that would make me feel better today. There are so many reasons to feel joy yet joy is slow to come. Thirty degrees today and snow falling. Have not seen snow since December and … Continue reading →

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Miracle in the Birdbath

Posted on February 6, 2017 by O

It’s the dead of winter still. Or maybe it’s spring…. About twenty-eight degrees today and will be warmer later. And tomorrow it will be fifty. It’s easy to be confused now about the seasons. Winter and spring are all … Continue reading →

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Infinity Cake

Posted on January 8, 2017 by O

Let me count the ways to infinity. Stare at the sun until you see the Aztec god and his gold crown blinding you. Like that day the dazed young queen marched a thousand steps to oblivion. Heaven was rimmed with … Continue reading →

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“Into the Mystic”

Posted on December 13, 2016 by O

I don’t know why I am writing about dinosaurs and Van Morrison, kicking his legs on “The Last Waltz”. These are pictures from a thousand years ago. He was singing “Caravan”. He was so chubby, almost busting out of his … Continue reading →

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Sausage, Eggs, Honey, Maria Callas

Posted on December 4, 2016 by O

I don’t know why I am writing about sausage, eggs and honey, accompanied by Maria Callas singing “The Gypsy Song” from the opera “Carmen”. I don’t know why the eggs didn’t break this morning as I was holding them above … Continue reading →

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The Scorching Table of Thanks

Posted on November 20, 2016 by O

via Daily Prompt: Scorched I remember pictures. That burning child in Vietnam 1972. All the scorched things in this earth on her little child face. My front lawn 1995, just back from Ukraine but elated, thinking maybe the war was … Continue reading →

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This Savage Place

Posted on November 9, 2016 by O

Almost all the leaves blew off the maple last night. Suddenly Indian summer, the prolonged weird heat just vanished and cold and wind took its place. My mother used to hate the wind. She stood at the doorway howling at … Continue reading →

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The Bludgeoning Sky

Posted on November 3, 2016 by O

via Daily Prompt: Bludgeon Bludgeon. Sounds like a stew you might eat, or an old-fashioned death. When savages were savages who didn’t know the art of killing. Rhymes with dungeon, curmudgeon or maybe even illusion. Like the one you have … Continue reading →

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The Infinitesimal of Tiny Dreams

Posted on October 24, 2016 by O

via Daily Prompt: Tiny I often write the word tiny, little, small, trying to describe certain things. It litters sometimes the papers I write my words on. This tiny little desire to catch my breath today, this tiny little bird … Continue reading →