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NaPoWriMo Day 1 2023

oh my god weather
the breathlessness of it all
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Happy Birthday J.R.R. Tolkien

And may hope stay with us in the new year: …the night-sky was still dim and pale. There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. … Continue reading

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Day 14 NaPoWriMo 2022

Quick trip to the grocery store and swing by Mom’s. She was out pruning back perennials in her front yard in the odd eighty degree April day. I stopped on the way home to see a movie (going around a … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-eight

Mom texts me to say she’s resting after gardening. she’s been out since eight turning soil filling and emptying the rusty old wheelbarrow scarfing around plants she put in early this year. Now resting happily. I put my feet into … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-two

Painting while the car shakes I knew it wasn’t warm and sunny when I headed out to paint But it was sunny at least and there were clouds flying I thought I’d check on the great blue heron’s nest and … Continue reading

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