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The Bookmark: October
Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book, Vincent van Gogh October’s bright blue weather seemed to be good for reading. I read most of Salt to the Sea in August, and started Return of the Native way back then, too. It took me about 7 weeks. The other books were fairly quick reads.…
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I Died For Beauty
I died for beauty—but was scarceAdjusted to the TombWhen One who died for Truth was lainIn an adjoining Room—He questioned softly “Why I failed?””For Beauty,” I replied—”And I—for Truth—Themself are One—We Brethren are,” He said—And so, as Kinsman, met a-Night—We talked between the Rooms—Until the Moss had reached our lips—And covered up—our names— by Emily…
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The Big Picture is Made of Small Moments
The Artist in His Studio, Rembrandt, 1626 Here I am at the page. I am sitting on my bare front porch, facing gray-green mountains with white peaks and a blue sky above. A breeze brushes past. I had decided I wouldn’t write anything today. I didn’t feel so good. It took so long to get…
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Poets on Poetry
I do love quotes! Here are some from poets about poetry, along with a few thoughts on what the quote means to me. To be a poet is a condition, not a profession. — Robert Graves Maybe poetry is like the common cold. Every so often we ‘catch’ it and write a poem. Poetry is…
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6 Anthropomorphism Stories
Author’s Note: Shady Hollow is a tale of woodland creatures, and from time to time the contemplative reader may pause to wonder precidsely how a town funtions with foxes and rabbits as tenants of the same building, or how a mouse and a moose can chat eye to eye. Keep in mind, gentle reader, that…
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The Bookmark: September
Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book, Vincent van Gogh,1888, oil on canvas, Arles, France. It’s the end of September and time to review the current reads. I slowed way down and finished only two books this month, but I certainly enjoyed them. I hope they sound interesting to you and you give…
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