TWO SIDES OF THE COIN just back from a walk my feet wet, hands cold glasses in search of wipers on the brink of a whimper I remember the disturbingly dry land craving this long, cool, refreshing drink I revel in sparkling snowflake powder ravishing beauty, snowshoe paradise as my stomach churns with thoughts of …
March 2014 archive
Mar 19
Wilderness Wandering
WILDERNESS WANDERING let the toe tapping begin perhaps deep breathing more in keeping with triathlon pacing too soon to be counting days this journey across barren landscapes featureless horizons long past 40 days please, don’t let that 40 become years the way back is sealed a promise beckons the land flowing with milk and honey …
Mar 06
Cleaning the Stove
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10, 12 We cleaned the pellet stove yesterday. After fumbling our winter way around the discrepancy between when we ought to clean …
Mar 03
True Confessions
I’m not used to talking about this in mixed company, much less in public; but desperate times call for desperate measures, so I’ll just pretend I’m sputtering to my spouse and see what comes out. It’s embarrassing to admit that one of the great traumas of my life at the moment is my hair. But …
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