Fast tide rising…..

Did I really disappear for this long? I think my breath got too short in the thicket of dear ones in pain and feeling too thin spread over jagged edges of great need. As if there wasn’t enough oxygen left over in my life-living to come over here and say my words. Because I felt…

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What I’ve been grazing and grooving on……

I’ve been squeezing the last drops of juice from January, the one month each year that sometimes feels like vacation because our gardening business settles down for a long winter’s nap and I can throw myself more into projects I’ve been saving for the big quiet but this year has been cheeky,  as the sap is already rising, and so I’ve been…

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52 candles….

It’s my birthday this week and I’m plunking 52 fresh candles in my lemon blueberry cheesecake, deep down ridiculously glad to be alive in 52 (new) glad and grateful ways: ~for fresh skies and new trails to hike, ~the soul sweetness of being with safe people, ~the resistance that enables us to fly, ~the grace…

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trail markers and tools….

I wish I could relax with you on a quilt in the grass and tell you how amazing and valuable and utterly beautiful I think you are. Before we parted I’d squeeze your hand and slip a little package of these bites of art to you with a hug and a smile and a maybe a pray if you…

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trail markers and tools….

I wish I could relax with you on a quilt in the grass and tell you how amazing and valuable and utterly beautiful I think you are. Before we parted I’d squeeze your hand and slip a little package of these bites of art to you with a hug and a smile and a maybe a pray if you…

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