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and so
we went
high
into the
san diego mountains
4,000 feet up
through
rocky landscapes
national forest
great expanses
up and up
and
up
winding
turns
and
twists
and
landed
in the
tiny
mountain
gold rush town
of julian
known for
apple pies
gold
stargazing
and
friendly welcomes
and
wound our way
back down again.
—
what is straight? a line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart,
oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.
– tennessee williams
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even the fairies
have settled in
for a long
winter’s nap
still tucked in
covered
by
a soft
blanket of snow
with
just
a
lemon feather
and
a few
festive trappings
above
reminding us
of
the spring
below
and
yet
to come.
—
“perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath,
for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me.”
– anne morrow lindbergh
at the salon
relaxing
calm
friendly
chatting
sharing
herbal tea
and
stories
until
he
arrived
full of self
all pomp
and
circumstance
and
said things
to his stylist
like
i’m a writer
for the university
i prefer whiskey
only the finest
you probably
wouldn’t have heard of
the bands i prefer
i had an outing
with a large group
of my friends
this is my first haircut
since i’ve moved here
you should feel honored
and
he was young
and already
so filled up
having to prove something
to the world
and himself
and it went
on and on
so full
of false importance
and then
his patient stylist
opened a door
to get something
and
a head rolled out
and
he looked
and
he shrieked
and
his wall
fell down
just a bit
and the
rest of us
laughed
and
laughed
for a long time
and
the man
was quiet.
—-
avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls,
your ego goes with it.
– colin powell
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