Month: August 2006
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Reading the Writing on the Wall, Living it like Art
The writing on the wall can fade, life isn’t a straight shot, there might not be a right way, nor a wrong way…What is certain is to live it like it was your…
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Chasing the Blues
My cousin told me that hanging blue bottles in your garden, guards you from bad spirits… I told her in France they do this to store the bottles for next years vintage, adding the fruits of the vine in the…
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Sadness in Summer
Family. I have waited to share this news, not because I didn’t want to, but because I didn’t know how…sharing makes the reality concrete, like putting one’s hand on wet cement, the print remains. I can no longer write this…
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Garden Tour
My Mother’s garden theater, have your smile ready! Give her a shovel, a broom, a hose, throw in an hammer, some nails, a few acres…off she goes in her house dress and sandals, she is a happy set designer gardener.…
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Zinnias
Colorful bouquet of friendship, my cousin grows it abundantly, she waters it with her steadfast love, seemingly effortless is her giving, I am blessed an hundredfold by her generous spirit! Her kindness is bountiful, her encouragement overflowing, she bags up…
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Blue Bird
I do not want to leave, I am happy where I am. The grass is green, the sun is warm, and the spot is good. I like it here. Simple. Honest. Home. Sacha…