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restoration
The idea of the new landscape undertaking was to plant only native species and ultimately do away with all conventional lawn surrounding my house. I began with my side yard, covering the grass and weeds with cardboard and spreading layers … Continue reading
Room to Think
“Welcome to my house!” The little boy pulls aside a low hanging branch and gestures into the shadow of an old growth cedar tree. “What a lovely home!” I look around the imaginary room: the evergreen walls, the mossy drapes, … Continue reading
Please Fasten Your Seat Belts
Today it is cold, wet and windy outside. From my living room, I watch jets coming in low as they approach PDX three miles to the south of my home. Usually they are high up and flying due south when … Continue reading
Lost and Found
The spider works quickly to get the larger insect wrapped within its web. The insect doesn’t struggle; it may be dead. But the web is in tatters and shakes violently every time the spider moves. I watch the action, hoping … Continue reading
First Thoughts #1: Sarasponda
Sarasponda, sarasponda, Sarasponda ret set set Sarasponda, sarasponda, Sarasponda ret set set. A doray-oh, A doray boomday-oh A doray-boomday ret set set Ah-say pah-say oh. Remember the Sarasponda song? Apparently, I do. I learned it forty years ago when I … Continue reading
Weekend Wildcard (Flashback #3: Doing it Anyway)
Flashback #3 in my re-posting from a blog I wrote several years ago about my struggles with depression. My purpose in revisiting the “old” me is to remind myself and any others who care to read, to: claim the positive … Continue reading
Posted in humanity, prose, serious stuff, Weekend Wildcard
Tagged depression, inertia, overcoming
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Weekend Wildcard (Flashback #2: Brushing off my Faith)
This is my second time of re-posting from a no longer active blog I started in 2012. The blog was my way of working through a rather severe episode of depression. My purpose in revisiting the “old” me is — … Continue reading
Posted in humanity, prose, serious stuff, spirituality
Tagged depression, faith, hope, hopelessness, insecurity
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Weekend Wildcard (Flashback #1: Free Fall)
In 2012, I began my first of many blogs, entitled “Lifting the Weight.” Seems like eons ago. I looked this week and was surprised to see the blog still sitting out there in the ether, looking none the worse for … Continue reading
Posted in humanity, prose, serious stuff, Weekend Wildcard
Tagged depression, flashback, Lifting the Weight, recovery
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In Passing
We met at the park, the one where a paved trail winds around an open grass field. He walked his tiny black poodle in one direction. I walked my midsize white Eskie in the other, and we would cross paths, … Continue reading
Posted in humanity, prose, serious stuff
Tagged acquaintances, cancer, death, dog walks, friendship, NaPoWriMo 2019
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Alone Time
Chules is sick today. I can hear his tummy roiling from across the room. He’s been in- and outside at least a dozen times since morning. When I let him out, he beelines to the side yard fence, and tries … Continue reading
Posted in 5-7-5, Animalia, Haiku, Photography, poetry, prose
Tagged alone time, Chules, dVerse, eskie, haibun, pets, solitude
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