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Sep.13.2009
It was nice to wake to the blue jays squawking this morning. Our 6:30 a.m. wake up call. They begin when the sun starts to shine bright, flying from their different trees, talking, and squawking. On a slow morning, like today, when I go outside—not rushed—I listen and watch. When they actually...
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Sep.12.2009
Tender
Four Dos Equis and his voice a plastic
radio skipping between station
and static, my new friend lays
his hand on my shoulder, his arm
as heavy as the whole weight
of his scarred white body.
Our small table smells
of moldy towel;
he's telling me he likes
being beaten, that he's never
told...
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Sep.09.2009
I love duck ponds. The colors flashing on the birds' backs. The way the water divides alongside their carved bodies, with little resistance. I had a chance one afternoon to sit with Gayle and enjoy his reed-fringed pond in Southeastern Utah, and watch the wild mallard, the teal and the wood ducks...
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Sep.05.2009
A very up and down kind of day today - again! Though really, it's been that kind of week. Here's today's poem anyway:
Meditation 217
Throughout Peter’s longand I have to say
dull explanationof his first miracle
it’s striking to notethat what astonishes
the listenersmost of all
is the factthat the...
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Aug.30.2009
Another full day today, but here's this morning's meditation:
Meditation 211
The picturein your mind
is only bloodand emptiness.
You plan and legislatefor what
cannot be heldin the hand
or snatchedfrom the air
as it passes.
For most of the day, Lord H and I have been wandering aroundIghtham Mote in...
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Aug.13.2009
We are moving soon, and I'm worried about my birds. For almost two years, Michael and I have been hanging out some pretty fine vittles, seed par excellence: black oil sunflower seed, Niger thistle seed, safflower seed. We have goldfinches, house finches, nuthatches, chickadees, juncos, towhees,...
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Aug.11.2009
Right now my lovebirds have 5 eggs. Should get maybe two more in the next two days. If all goes well the first egg will hatch around the 27th. Pretty excited because this is going to be the first time these two have babies. I can't wait to handle them because I don't handle their parents. Before...
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Aug.08.2009
I've uploaded my review of Vanessa Gebbie's Words from a Glass Bubble to Vulpes Libris today. Certainly a mixed bag but a very interesting writer for sure.
The rest of my day has been spent in totally glorious sunshine with Lord H, searching for birds. We visited Burton Mill Pond and the ever...
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Aug.02.2009
I make friends with feathers rather than birds. I can chase them and know that even if they fly away they will not die. They will not cry or scream or bleed. They will not point with accusation at the knife in my hand that was merely cutting strings.
A feather has a strong scent when it first...
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Jul.25.2009
Here's today's meditation for you:
Meditation 181
Today I takea fresh sheetof paperfor my thoughts –
the creamy spacewaiting in its emptinessfor the inky patternto come.
Like the ancient stonesJoshua placesin the conquered Jordan
as a markerof everythingto be remembered
and everything we seek.
A...
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