Category Archives: spring

Survived

March 1 dawns cloudy, cool, with a breezeIn my small world, it feelsas if we’ve survived somethingJanuary and Februarywere longcoldchallenging with multiplesnow-days (that is to say days of online school true snow days are a thing of the past thanks … Continue reading

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Cycle

warm breezes blow, thetips of tree branches swell, theground greens, apage of the calendar turns.reminders that we have survived somethingthe coldest days anddarkest nights.short-sighted, we celebrate the emergenceinto a new season, forgettingfor a moment,that everything is a cycle.

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Winds of March

The winds of March have strewndisorderI’m barely hanging onhoping for theend of the week,end of the project,end of this moment. The Vernal Equinox arrivedchilly with promise of cold,windy with a whisper of equal,balance,a pause before forwardmotionMaple trees that held tiny … Continue reading

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As if

As if she hadn’t just beat us down with hailblown us around with winddoused us in downpoursand rent the sky with thunder and lightningthe sky cleared in the eastthe sun passed a warming glow over allthe damage as if nothing … Continue reading

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Communal Spring

“Background is our substrate of belonging, a shared communal background is our first remedy for loneliness.” ~David White Spring is the communal background into which we all emerge andwe think we know what we mean when we say “spring” butsprings … Continue reading

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Did you notice

the call of the kildeer overheador the singular contrail streakedacross the sunset sky?Did you hear the call of the landing geese or see the tips of branches getting fatter?Did you notice the faint smear of lightacross the horizon this morning?Did … Continue reading

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