(no explanation about the alien orb)
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that moment when you are walking
‘here comes the sun’ clicks on
the sun returns
as it always eventually does
the universe in alignment.
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“truth is like the sun. you can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.”
-elvis presley
forsythia bright in my quarantine kitchen
blossoms have begun to fall
everything is temporary.
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“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” – pema chodron
“the vision must be followed by the venture.
it is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs.”
-vance havner
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bisbee, arizona, usa – march 2020 (pre-quarantine)
that moment when you’ve worked very hard on something
and suddenly someone
jumps up front and center just as the last piece is put in
and it’s photo op time.
we each have our own thoughts on this.
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“it is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
-harry s. truman (my approach)
“hard work is rewarding. taking credit for other’s hard work is rewarding and faster.”
-scott adams (olive’s approach)
make way on the path
stepping creeping lime grows close
foot of goliath
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in honor of international haiku poem day
why not take a stab at it?
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“poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo.”
-czeslaw milosz
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scio woods, ann arbor, michigan, usa – spring 2020
finding shelter today by the river
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“maybe we need to shelter ourselves so we see the beautiful.”
-joanna coles
be filled with wonder,
be touched by peace.
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quote credit: jarius l. adams
sign on a closed store window, found while walking in a very quiet downtown
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“life is such a rolling coaster, either you roll with it willingly,
or roll with it unwillingly, but you must roll either way.”
-blaze olamiday
the playground sits
quietly
awaiting the return
of the children.
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“it is very strange that the years teach us patience —
that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”
-e. taylor, A Wreath of Roses
happy easter to those both near and far
hoping we can gather together again before too long
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“bunny slippers remind me of who i am. you can’t get a swelled head if you wear bunny slippers. you can’t lose your sense of perspective and start acting like a star or a rich lady if you keep on wearing bunny slippers. besides, bunny slippers give me confidence because they are so jaunty. they make a statement; they say, “nothing in the world does to me can ever get me so down that i can’t be silly and frivolous.”
-dean koontz
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image credit – Eli Halpin, Carrot Cake in Blush
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