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another beautiful outdoor adventure day

“in this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania,

quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked.”

-margaret wise brown, american children’s book author

“your cadence is your music” – william shatner

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on a walk in the beautiful early fall weather

taking in a bit of the world 

listening to music

a man came up beside me to say

‘you have quite a cadence.’

something i’d never heard or considered

 such a funny compliment 

and happily noted.

“to brisk notes in cadence beating, glance their many-twinkling feet.”

-thomas gray

 

 

 

image credit: Science Magazine.org

pace.

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along the path

on our walk

 by the river

these tin soldiers

lie napping

in the sun

as they 

 await their moment

to fly once more.

“adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

-ralph waldo emerson

huron river, ann arbor, michigan, usa

“life itself is the best (and the only) timekeeper.” ― rasheed ogunlaru

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as i head into

day 5

still

off the

power grid

the pace of life

has

slowed

days

spent

walking

writing

reading

thinking

bathing by candlelight

catching up with friends

in the coffee shop

on the street

with

neighbors

there is a natural rhythm to it all

waking with the return of the light

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 sleeping when the dark returns once more

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it’s a peaceful and quiet existence

*

until

monday comes

and

i have to

wake up

in the pitch black

to go to school

there’s an art

to applying

makeup

by

flashlight

and

with

only

two hands

luckily

my loyal

carpool partner

has

promised

to alert me

if

 my clothes are on backwards

or

 anything looks dramatically amiss

and

i find

that

while

i

look

forward to the light

i

am

enjoying the calm

of the dark

wisely, and slow. they stumble that run fast.
William Shakespeare

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