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Senyru
Pumpkins wear snow hats Winter arrives in Autumn Leaves freshly fallen
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First Snow
Today is October 12, 2021 and the first snow of the fall season fell overnight. It is snowing as I write this and it is forecast to snow throughout the day. There is a good chance that we won’t see bright sunshine for a day or two. But I have the memory of sun on…
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Poetry is a Hard Sell
What exactly is poetry? There really isn’t a concrete answer to that question. It’s kind of a personal experience for each individual. But I like this simple definition best: literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. The…
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Priorities
When we moved into our current house at the beginning of December of 2020, there was much to be done. First up, we had to get ready for the delivery of the greater bulk of our belongings. We had each driven a car from Arizona to Wyoming, both cars packed tight with the bare necessities…
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The Five Senses
I read an article the other day that stated that we have more than the usual five senses that people talk about. However, they were not talking about extrasensory perception and so I was not as greatly interested as I had been when I read the title of the article. Not that I’m necessarily a…
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Grace Ellen
Ellesbeth Gracelyn Nealy is about to have her afternoon tea, as she has done for most of her life. On most days, since moving a short time ago, she takes her tea alone in the little sitting alcove of her suite. Her grandson has caused her suite to be added to his house. It is…
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Grace
She has whittled it. And refined it. She has pared it down over the years. Until it is something fine and indefinable. The young don’t have it. With their restless and boundless energy. Always fidgeting and stuttering. She makes reaching for a glass of water and act of grace. She glides from her chair into…
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Karens
Boy that really bothers me. I read an article this morning about a woman who insisted that some Walmart employees scan and bag her purchases in the self-checkout section of the store. Her reason for that was because there were no regular cash registers open. She said she would have gone to one of those…
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Color, Pattern, Texture
A good afghan will incorporate all three of those qualities. I’m not talking about Middle Eastern people called Afghans. I mean the kind that you use to keep yourself warm on a cold winter evening while sitting in your chair with a cup of hot herbal tea and a good book. I guess most people…
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