Now is the winter of our discontentMade glorious summer… (William Shakespeare, Richard the Third) This, too, shall pass. No matter how dour, despite strings of catastrophe, in the worst of times, better comes. And not only better but glorious summer, […]
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Pleasant Plants
Life’s forest intimidated me, so stately, dignified, set in place. I bumbled down the path, alone, lost, no clue where to go, unwilling to ask. Until my wanders led to a clearing where young trees swayed with breezes, had odd […]
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Shady’s the cleaned up version — honesty would lean toward unscrupulous, murky, underhanded, devious. My life made gangster films chick flicks. I’d laughed at foolish promises of peace with some kind of inventory then confession. But while the way’s still […]
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She never even said her name, came in, nodded yes, her first time, started sobbing before the serenity prayer when Jackie told Sandra she’d made the week, no drive-through Blizzards, no apple fritters, just three sane meals a day. Sandra […]
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Present from creation,the essence of life,glory, love, grace hiddenthrough millenniums,glimpsed in lives, hinted in peace,recognized by few.Present in flesh a few years,hidden in crowds, obscured by ordinary,blending with normal,recognized by those wanting to see.Raised in glory, recognized, honored,revered, put on […]
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