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Anita
Not nearly as deep in the woods as I'd like to be
Knitter, dollmaker, beader, obsessive reader. Cat wrangler. Maker of small magics. Old enough to know better, but apparently don't.
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Praise the Rain
Praise the rain; the seagull dive The curl of plant, the raven talk— Praise the hurt, the house slack The stand of trees, the dignity— Praise the dark, the moon cradle The sky fall, the bear sleep— Praise the mist,... Continue reading
Posted May 27, 2020 at Take Joy!
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Praise the Rain
Praise the rain; the seagull dive The curl of plant, the raven talk— Praise the hurt, the house slack The stand of trees, the dignity— Praise the dark, the moon cradle The sky fall, the bear sleep— Praise the mist, the warrior name The earth eclipse, the fired leap— Praise... Continue reading
Posted May 27, 2020 at Mother Bluejay's Commonplace Book
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Pandemic
What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for now, on trying to make the world different than it is.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2020 at Take Joy!
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I probably won't find anything I want . . .
I went to Barnes & Noble this afternoon; after declaring that I 'probably won't find anything I want,' I left with: •Current issue of The Progressive; Ilhan Omar on cover •Latest issue of Enchanted Living: the Hygge Issue (I'm always... Continue reading
Posted Jan 12, 2020 at Take Joy!
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The Journey of the Magi
'A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.' And the camels galled, sorefooted, refractory,... Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2020 at Take Joy!
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Blessed Solstice!
(The reading is from the first Revels Christmas CD—for me, the quintessential Christmas album—and is spoken by Robert J. Lurtsema. The well-known poem "The Shortest Day" was written by Susan Cooper especially for The Christmas Revels. The lovely song "Sol... Continue reading
Posted Dec 21, 2019 at Take Joy!
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Tonight, I walk. I am watching the sky. I think of...
Posted Dec 15, 2019 at Take Joy!
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St. Lucia's Day
My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-- It gives a lovely light! --Edna St. Vincent Millay Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2019 at Take Joy!
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Morning
Salt shining behind its glass cylinder. Milk in a blue bowl. The yellow linoleum. The cat stretching her black body from the pillow. The way she makes her curvaceous response to the small, kind gesture. Then laps the bowl clean.... Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2019 at Take Joy!
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Such a charming girl! I look forward to hearing more about her, as you get to know each other.
Glad you're back!
Commented Dec 3, 2019 on It's all OK. at woolythyme
It's all OK.
It's been more than a while. Weeks? Months? (Maybe not years.) Long enough, I'm sure, to find that there is no longer anyone in this space but me. That's OK. I talk to myself a lot. For anyone who trips into this space by mistake, let me fill you in. It used to be a knitting blog. I was ...
Easier Said Than Done . . .
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, interior animals; Be kind anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.... Continue reading
Posted Nov 29, 2019 at Take Joy!
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Thanksgiving
I have been trying to read the script cut in these hills— a language carved in the shimmer of stubble and the solid lines of soil, spoken in the thud of apples falling and the rasp of corn stalks finally... Continue reading
Posted Nov 28, 2019 at Take Joy!
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Busy (relatively)
Posted Nov 15, 2019 at Take Joy!
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Armistice Day, 1918
What’s all this hubbub and yelling, Commotion and scamper of feet, With ear-splitting clatter of kettles and cans, Wild laughter down Mafeking Street? O, those are the kids whom we fought for (You might think they’d been scoffing our rum)... Continue reading
Posted Nov 11, 2019 at Take Joy!
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I'm so sorry, Susan.
Commented Oct 30, 2019 on Sad Days at Blackberry Creek Home Arts
Sad Days
My family is going through tough times, so some things like blogging, quilting, reading, etc., have been put on hold. My older sister, Joanne, is gravely ill. The medical staff has said her days are numbered--they just aren’t able to tell us what that number is. She has been going downhill ver...
Seen in the front yard yesterday . . .
Posted Oct 13, 2019 at Take Joy!
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In which I dreamt I was a bee . . .
Posted Oct 10, 2019 at Take Joy!
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Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky...
Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear in the ancient faith. What we need is here, And we pray, not for new earth or heaven,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 6, 2019 at Take Joy!
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October
Posted Oct 3, 2019 at Take Joy!
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Miscellany
Posted Sep 27, 2019 at Take Joy!
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Back in the Day . . .
Posted Sep 23, 2019 at Take Joy!
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This is a Prayer for Mabon; This is a Prayer for Resistance.
. This is a prayer for the Witches’ Thanksgiving. This is a prayer for Resistance. This is a prayer for mead and cider, for cornbread and collards. This is a prayer for Resistance. This is a prayer for visits, for... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2019 at Take Joy!
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No good news today . . .
Posted Sep 23, 2019 at Take Joy!
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The Mower
The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found A hedgehog jammed up against the blades, Killed. It had been in the long grass. I had seen it before, and even fed it, once. Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world Unmendably. Burial was no help: Next morning I got up and... Continue reading
Posted Sep 22, 2019 at Mother Bluejay's Commonplace Book
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Moonflowers
Posted Sep 22, 2019 at Take Joy!
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