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Monthly Archives: February 2013
BAD DOG
How did it happen that dogs get such bad press in a panoply of negatives? “Going to the dogs” “Dog Days” “Dog tired” “Doggerel” “It shouldn’t happen to a dog!” “Sick as a dog” The dogs that I … Continue reading
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MY MEMORABLE ENCOUNTER
Was driving my car in the night and soon had a terrible fright. Was definitely being pursued — this I knew to be true — this I knew. I drove ‘round curves very fast. I doubted I’d be … Continue reading
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CLOTHES LINES
I miss clothes lines with the wet wash blowing in the wind and drying. I liked to see what people wore even if I never saw them wear some of it because it was intimate, Best of all … Continue reading
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A SORT OF FEAST
I put delicious rainsIn bread into the toaster. I stand and wait a knife in hand poised to take on butter when the toaster declares its work is done and releases what I long for all hot and browned. … Continue reading
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JUST WONDERING
Those who gave me life and nurtured me shared with me so little of their history. Now that they’ve been gone for many years I find I’m too late for the probing I desire. Im not in need of … Continue reading
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REACHING HEAVEN
The dawn sky at first looked bleak. But then the sun began to peek through it in a most unusual way. Three slender openings in the dark gray eastern sky allowed sun beams to reach down from heaven to … Continue reading
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CALENDAR TALK
When calendars are replaced with new ones which offer pages to be seen and often scribbled on with our various coming agendas one might pause a bit to honor Time which instigates the process and which man adorns in multitudes … Continue reading
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TOUCHING THE COW
Yesterday after a lapse of many years I touched a cow — touched it on the buttox — patted it a little. For years I’ve seen them at a distance but not up close like yesterday. The cow seemed to … Continue reading
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WONDERMENT
I don’t know exactly when I started dealing in my mind with the ineffable — wondering where space began and what could be beyond — wondering when time began and trying to fathom what went on before its birth. … Continue reading
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AMERICA WIDENS
The new performing arts center in Orlando is planning to have some wider seats in the back two rows — that is when it is built — sometime in the near future. The board of the Dr. Phillips Center … Continue reading
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