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DECEMBER 2020
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and who are we to be so blessed to have pie
to have clothing in a closet : shoes under the bed
a bed with flannel sheets : heat and hot water at the ready
who are we not to know how blessed we are 
to remember how it is we came in 
wrapped and delivered
wanted
​xo

                                                   
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Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.

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Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.

November 1, 2022

11/1/2022

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who am I do suggest piñóns, romaine lettuce, blueberries are simple foods
who am I to ingest the seeds of the very trees that raised me
and the berries that grew me wild
I know I am blessed
I know I am
blessed
xo


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August 31st, 2022

8/31/2022

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​​SHINE

Shine was her name.
She wore it well.

​Most say she didn't stay long enough, but I know better.
Gramma Annie told me we each come into this world with a certain number of heartbeats.
Use 'em up, she told me when I was almost too young to understand, but now I do: I use them hard and fast. I ride my heart like an untamed filly; a long wild mane circles the sky. 
I carry sugar cubes in my pockets. I paw the earth to know its rumble.

xo
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July 31st, 2022

7/31/2022

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June 01st, 2022

6/1/2022

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Seeing in while looking out, is that it?
Standing at my kitchen window 
I hear song and bells. 
See the light. Wonder at faith. 
I hold unseen love against my bones
and unpolished granite stone.
A narrow path takes me where I want to go
and trees hang over the way. 
There are flowers and weeds: 
The weeds don't know the difference.
Nor do the lilies. I am still learning. 

xo


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almost May 2022

4/25/2022

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Hold on for dear life 
my grandmother, Annie 
said to me, but not just me
me: hanging by a thread
up a creek, no paddle
with the last straw
in the spur of a moment
eating my words
for a new lease on life
a real piece of work
with a pie-eating grin
singing la de da!!
xo
 
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March 01st, 2022

3/1/2022

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​March 2022

endangered for its ivory
enraged for good reason
endless hunt for things 


the heads on the walls
things we can't unsee
or understand but want


to honor and remember


xo 


sculpture artist : clay babic 





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January 01st, 2022

1/1/2022

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​January 2022



another image to capture cold
to feel stillness and starkness
to know home isn't a place 
but maybe a time in our lives 
when we need quiet and beauty


it takes time to witness an icicle 
to wonder which drop will hold on
my hand against the windowpane
comes away cold with laced lines
my life line is curved and longer 
on one hand


it's the one I reach for you with


x
o



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December 2021

12/1/2021

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December arrives in all her frosty glory hanging lace prayer shawls from trees & powerlines & the wonder & beauty teach you to shut the mouth & open the heart. The ground crunches to remind she is being walked upon. You are being held. She allows diamonds on your eyelashes & the tiny hairs in the nose you almost forgot you had. Don't Forget, she reminds: These things make the will of your life.  

These are your things: Cold feet. Chapped hands in wool mittens. Slower walks. Darkness. 

Do not let them go unnoticed. Cherish how she silently covers the earth & you with sparkles. 
xo

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December 01st, 2021

12/1/2021

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November 2021

10/31/2021

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Soul of a Tree
Heartwood



Nothing can be healed 
until you lean into it. 

The woods know 
the secret, 
you see it often; 

 quiet wisdom, 
nakedness, 
 the trust of falling.
 

 xo


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