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Monthly Archives: January 2015
PARTIALLY CONNECTED
I have stopped with my lap top. I have dropped out of the electronic race. I appreciate what I have but can participate in no more advances. My children and my grand children and even the greats … Continue reading
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DARK HOLES
The top of a palm tree made a shadow on rippling water — a shadow enabled only by the light from dusk. The shadow appeared as a very dark hole in the midst of waves. And I thought … Continue reading
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CONNECTING THINGS
My new footwear with velcro makes life a tad easier for me as velcro does for so many of us who recall the years of tying laces — learning how to before we knew how to read. Shoe laces were … Continue reading
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CONNECTING THINGS
My new footwear with velcro makes life a tad easier for me as velcro does for so many of us who recall the years of tying laces — learning how to before we knew how to read. Shoe laces were … Continue reading
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A LETTER THAT GREW
The other day I began a letter — intended it to be short and it grew and grew in an unforeseen way as I became enchanted with my past. My inquiry into my recipient’s life (after a few appropriate … Continue reading
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CERTAIN DARK DAYS
Not all dark days are alike. Some of them get inside the soul and darkness becomes a duet — the weather and the spirit joining. Their duet plays a melancholy song that can pry open one’s inwardness … Continue reading
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I SIT
Most of the time I sit. Sometimes I sit in our golf cart and go some place — or a friend might drive me to some other place so I’ll sit in a car on occasion. But most … Continue reading
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LONGER LEGS?
I thought that I had stopped growing after growing up which occurred a long time ago. But I think that my legs must have grown longer for it seems more of a stretch to reach my feet than it … Continue reading
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WE GET ALONG WELL ENOUGH
We who live here in this Village do not all think alike. There are those who might be critical of my assumptions — and likewise, I, of theirs. We don’t discuss these matters much. At least I don’t. … Continue reading
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I’M SORT OF BLIND
I’m not apt to see dust on a window sill — on a table or a counter — on a television screen. She sees dust in so many places I’ve unintentionally ignored and she’s deplores its existence. it’s even … Continue reading
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