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Someone Left My Coat Out in the Rain
And that would be me!!! I thought about it in the night as I heard the rain begin. Heavy on my tin roof. So, from deep in my bed I did a quick mental inventory of the pockets. Then turned over and went back to sleep. I saw myself take it off when I got…
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When a Black Cat crosses your Path
Distant. Beautiful. That penetrating gaze. Slightly ethereal. Superior. Independent. Black Cat is deeply imbued with cat characteristics. And this cat crosses my path with panache. Stalking. I don’t know the sex of this cat but TomKat hisses at it. And the orange cats are very wary. No-one takes TomKat seriously, he is so hairy and…
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Give it a Rest. Reach Out.
The animosity. The pettiness. The tiny-mind mean-spiritedness. The shyness. The dark self talk. The busyness of business. Give it a rest. All that thinking. Stop it. Heads Up. Reach out to your people. Take a deep breath and jump into a conversation. Two people I knew not too well have died. We liked each other.…
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Wild Quacker has Flown Away
Sad right. But it is the way of things. Especially wild things. The last time I saw her was on Friday when she was flying round and around above the house and the barn – at height – doing big loops – squawking loudly. Mad thought she was probably calling for a mate and I…
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Home Again, Home Again Jiggedy Jig
Back on the farm. Back to the heavy cloud. Sepia world. They left my car at the airport – I was getting in late – so I could drive myself back into the country and that worked well. All the animals are the same. The tractor is parked at the bottom of tue porch steps.…
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The Weekend – Oh My!!
And so in the afternoon after gathering up the kids and stuffing them in the back of the car. We drove through the hills and down into Los Angeles to Disneyland. The snow salting the mountain tops. The sunset was magnificent. Disneyland was delightful because the hotel has a pool and one kid turned up…
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