I tried others first… like for fifty of my sixty years. I found no shelter, no sanctuary, no respite. Sure, some places helped for a while but none for long, none to the point of there. Always a wayside stop, […]
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Whac a Mole
It’s like the game of Whac a Mole… but I’m going to lay down the mallet. ~ Miranda O’Donnell Frizzled, frantic, frustrated. Serenity has left the building. Oppressed by things to be done, by ingratitude of people around, by my […]
Continue reading »On Awakening
Quiet in the house, sleep lingers, dreams climax as dawn creeps into the garden. Like Eve she steps out, expecting and finding company, a Power beside her. She thinks of the calendar, the issues, the challenges seeking direction in her […]
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You want me to write a poem about what’s outside that door? Don’t you know if I walk out there I’ll be on the filthy patio? That piled out there are the tools I was too tired to put up […]
Continue reading »Walking with Lao Tzu
An ancient Chinese philosopher said a thousand-mile journey begins with one step. And he said if you don’t change direction you may end up where you’re headed and that a good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent […]
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