Month: April 2007
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A Request
Her hands recall the pleasure, of holding the day to day petals, of life’s simple pleasures. Setting the table, preparing the meal, wiping her brow. Her hand imagines the tenderness of her child’s skin, the silk like velvet of youth.…
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Framing Memories
Are memories selective? Do we pick which ones we want to keep, and which ones we want to forget? Is it possible to heal past memories or see them in a new light? Why is it that two people can…
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Eighty Reasons are not Enough
Every girl should have a Father who shows her what love is all about. Every girl should have a Father like mine. I could tell you over 80 reasons in a blink of an eye, why my Dad is a…
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La Joie de Vivre
The seeds we leave behind, be it our words, our actions, Or our small daily doings, will bloom one day. We do not need to know where or how, Nor seek to gather the harvest to ourselves. But to believe…
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Opening Hands
Walking down the street in the neighboring village of Beausset, I couldn’t help noticing that nearly every door, had a cast iron hand door knocker. It struck me funny, was there a message behind the door for me? Though the…
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Easter Sunday
Life is stronger than death. Happy Easter and may you find the golden egg. photo: Victory angel in Rome.