Archive for the ‘Notes From The Nest’ Category
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Mary Oliver Died…And I Wept
18 Jan 2019Mary Oliver died…and I wept. I did not know her, but acutely knew her words and lyrical poetry. Her story was well known – growing up in a dysfunctional family and finding solace in the outdoors, writing and exploring. I knew about some parts of her life…but I only knew her through the poems. My […]
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I’m A Work In Progress
03 Oct 2018I’m a work in progress. It’s taking longer than I thought. Both the unfolding of me and our life transition. I grasp at lovely things, as if they were branches that will keep me from going under. Until this household move, I had little idea that I thrive on aesthetics, taking in beauty as if […]
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Hello Fall!!!
22 Sep 2018Hello Fall!!! A season of transition, of quieting, of reflection…moving inward. Hello new home. A place of peace and beauty, lost toothbrushes, rock piles and weeds…lots of weeds. In this contract we make with life, we’re obligated take it all. We tease apart the wheat from the chafe. Ferreting out the moments, the glimpses, the […]
