Category Archives: Family

Trudging Through January.

I have to say I have had better weeks. The winter is beginning to sink into my bones with damp and chill weighing heavily on me. All the sky does right now is seep and leak cold water and wet … Continue reading

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This Year Has Got to be Better. Right?

I keep trying to write a post about last year and last week, but I am in a weirdly negative place right now. I was feeling pretty good about the last year until I really took a good look at … Continue reading

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Peaceful, Easy Christmas

We had a peaceful and stress free Christmas this year. Around our house this is a major breakthrough. Usually Mary is melting down with stress, but since she quit her job at the church, she has a new perspective on … Continue reading

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Taking a Break

I have aborted self-experiment #5, but I learned enough by going as far as I did. Writing or even publishing poems at that rate is very taxing when you are doing anything else. Work last week was insane. Everyone at … Continue reading

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Two Worlds/One Door

I rinsed out / two worlds A cereal bowl / open into (someone else’s) / myself left crumbs of / locked inside crusty cereal / except all around the sink / pouring forth for Mary to / when I find. … Continue reading

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