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Slice of Life
Flying down the road, absorbed in your thoughts,as the beginnings of wildflowers peek out at the sun.Out of reverie with a jolt – What is that smell? Cutting the air like a knife, breaking the spell.Bemused searching eyeslook for the tell – And you see a manriding on the green shoulderof the road on a riding…
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Lemons and Lemonade
This lineage of lemon trees has been in my family for over 100 years and I’m very proud to participate in keeping the tradition – literally – alive. My particular plant exists thanks to my cousin…
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Imagination Revisited
Imagination is… A caravan of camels, an oasis of vibrant life enveloped by vast lands of nothingness and drought.Carried along by an unseen hand. Through scorching winds it presses,Concealing a wealth of nourishment, preserving vitality in the fever of barren expanse. Dry and thorny weeds that show no hint of mercy can sustain it, pressing onward towards illusive…
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The Sugar Rush
Everybody was winding down from the aftermath of Christmas Eve when it happened. Pleasantly stuffed, the adults were sifting through the scattered wrapping paper for the gifts that needed to be gathered and put away, when something caught the corner of Grampa’s eye. My three year old daughter was standing on the bottom rung of…
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Imagination is…
A caravan of camels That can travel across vast lands of nothingness and drought. Through excoriating winds it presses,Carrying within the inner resources to nurture life in the barren expanse. Dry and thorny weeds that show no hint of mercyCan sustain it, can carry it to exotic cities only ghosts could reach. It spits in…
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Threads
Life is a complicated knot, Navigating patterns of light and darkHolding the tension so it doesn’t fly apart. Tracing threads of pain and beauty, Sometimes finding that they meet. Combing through the colored strands of memories,The vibrant and the gray Catching the light of day while it lasts.
Writ & Whimsy 