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God’s Tiny Flying Ballerinas
Thursday morning A hummingbird At the feeder I imagine It is God’s Tiny flying ballerina Dancing from feeder to flower The garden of zinnias Pink and yellow and red and orange I must hurry To photograph The tiny ballerina The tiny dancer Moves so quickly Here then gone Not like the swallowtail Spending all morning…
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There Is A Balm In Gilead
There are pages in a book I am reading Dog-eared. I don’t know why. There is a photograph too. People say it is amazing. Beautiful. Spiritual. A Japanese print. Joyous. The year is 2020. May 1. Susan says we are skipping Spring and running right into Summer. The forecast is for increasing clouds. A chance…
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The Silent Joys Of Everyday Life
Sunday morning I photographed the weeping cheery tree. In the afternoon I travelled to Vienna, Austria. Budapest, Hungary. Top of South Island, New Zealand. The British Virgin Islands. I loved visiting Virgin Gorda and Anegada-Davida, also known as “Drowned Island” (It’s highest elevation is only 28 feet above sea level.) and “Conch Island.” Last week…
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About October
I began the month with great expectations. Read the Bible daily. Practice yoga daily. Write daily. This I didn’t accomplish. But Susan and I did begin a new season of volunteering in the Bridges Together Program . Here are two of our students–4th graders. I made some delicious food. Here is a meatloaf with mushroom…