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To Be Heard 19 Aug 2013 | 09:11 pm
Notebook, 2012 Inspired by Alexandria and her link to this post, I have a question for all of you out there who write. Why writing?/Why do you write? I was trying to think of my own answer and the ...
Mermaid 15 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am
Sausalito, 2013 They all nod in recognition. I'm baffled, yet nod along. I read every line and see nothing but murk. Keep reading. In time it will make sense. Quiet persistence. A few of us ...
Monday Morning 12 Aug 2013 | 10:20 pm
Geranium, 2013 Walk beneath a dull sky. Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, pages 1-4. A boiled egg.
Contemplating a Small Collection of Mary Ruefle's Sentences 4 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
Curved stems, wood fired pots, a pig., 2013 Two plastic champagne glasses, pink and purple larkspur, an ear. A lemon, a dime, a diamond ring, a parachute. An envelope, addressed but otherwise emp.....
Before It Slips Away 1 Aug 2013 | 02:02 am
Cardoon, 2013 The Anniversary of Our Engagement A sleeping coyote Seal pups Unbroken sand dollars Bill Evans Brickmaiden Laura Chenel's Mélodie The knit stitch Lavender baths Watching little...
More 26 Jul 2013 | 08:34 pm
I want you to look in the mirror, slowly trace the tiny lines around your eyes, and love yourself more.
I Prefer 23 Jul 2013 | 02:07 am
Flowers for Jane, 2013 To race breathlessly along pages, line by line without pause. To gasp for air at the end. Or to slowly devour words, licking each one from the page. Indulgently. The inha...
To Unplug 11 Jul 2013 | 07:56 pm
Quiet, 2013 To unplug. For me, it is a critical part of feeling balanced, stable, grounded. I often find what I need in this screen, but there are things I cannot find here. A single day away offers ...
It was about 4:00 p.m. 6 Jul 2013 | 12:07 am
I approached a tattered church. The windows were boarded up, discarded clothing and trash were strewn about. One sad tree stood in front. And the air smelled like strawberries. How? I stopped. There w...
1961 vs. 2013 2 Jul 2013 | 10:04 pm
Yellow, 2013 If you are wakeful some night, and don't want to take a sleeping pill but don't want to just lie there, either, try to figure this out: why do women spend time and money on their hair, f...