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Jun.15.2012
Looking for one thing,I find another.What I find—exactly what I’m looking forbut I didn’t know it.Not looking, I was found.
Talking or thinking about a concept,suddenly I see it everywhere.Is it this simple?Is it black and white?Like day and night?
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Last week I read two picture books. I told...
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Jun.11.2012
What happened to the rhythm? It seems to have skipped a beat. Feels like being right back at square one. What happened to the flow? Going back after a long time, you still recognize it, but when it’s still too near, you don’t see it. Has something changed? Something’s always changing. At times it...
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Jun.07.2012
I have been swishing the word complacent around, trying to see if it was the taste in my mouth or something else. Do stagnation and complacency go hand in hand? In some areas of our lives, it seems easy enough to shake things up—to introduce a change in the form of a class; writing in a different...
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May.17.2012
There's a restless stillness to the morning.
Cars roar by, beeping horns.
Little birds chirp away interrupted
by morning doves cooing in the distance;
trees shake and bend--a graceful urgency--
in deep conversation with the wind.
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May.01.2012
I was browsing through the travel writing books on my Kindle before our trip and came across this title: Globejotting: How to Write Extraordinary Travel Journals (and still have time to enjoy your trip) (2011) by Dave Fox. The term Globejotting has a nice ring to it and is visual in an active way....
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Apr.25.2012
Marbles spinanticipationcobalt and lavender silkraindrops inside.
Does everything always spin?
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Apr.13.2012
The other day I made lentil soup only I didn’t add any seasonings other than salt and later other vegetables. I’ve come to accept that I like lentils best simmered in salted water with lots of garlic cloves.
When I began, I poured the lentils into the strainer to sift through and take out the...
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Apr.10.2012
Rain was forecast for Easter Sunday. It didn’t rain at all. Instead the air was warm, the sky—a soft blue with wisps of white clouds. Quiche Lorraine was a success, despite a small portion of the bottom edge of the crust burning. I could see it when I looked under the glass pie plate. I was happy...
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Apr.06.2012
This morningI would like to settle intoa large pot of warm polenta,slathered in butter.
Two evenings ago, for dinner, I made mushroom polenta pie from the Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites cookbook. I have had ready-made polenta rolled up and ready to cut, but found the texture coarse. As...
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Apr.03.2012
I took a small plate of banana cake to work for the others to enjoy. I took a slice to my desk with the latte I bought at the nearby café. I try not to make a habit of buying lattes and instead make sure I’ve eaten breakfast at home and have plenty of snacks and a filling lunch. I don’t always put...
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