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My Road
My Road I took one step and then another and soon I discovered I’d made a road. It was my road. No one before me had drafted its lines, no one before me had charted its course. It was mine and unknown,...
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A Brilliant Beginning
Looking Forward The decision began as a small thought. It niggled and nagged in her brain until it became an impulse and then a resolution. Once it was deeply rooted with intention it became an action....
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Simple Touch
All I Need This simple touch of you and me, a leaning, a settling, a sinking into one another; this simple touch is all I need. I open up and you support me. When you close up, needing time, a filter...
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Dream Catcher
Hope The forest of Russian Thistle stood thick as a thicket and together that cast their net. They could not predict what they might catch, only that they were hopeful it would be bountiful. Their net...
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I’ve Lost My Head
What Was I Thinking? I seem to have lost my head. Whatever could I have been thinking? Not much I’m sure. Surely my head was distracted by some whimsical half-thought that would allow me to leap...
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Precious To Me
Mine I found something so precious to me that I will hold tight to it, cherish it, protect it and haunt it with every ounce of strength I have. I took a chance and called it mine. What I found is...
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I Can Go Anywhere
Tumbleweed Seed The tumbleweed seed snared a spot on the photographer’s camera strap and went for a joy ride. The seed embraced the new mode of transportation. The ride was smooth and not topsy turvey,...
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Barbs
Barrier Taunt. Threaten. Deride. Coerce. Your barbs are sharp and they are meant to silence me, to hold me back, to contain me, and make me behave. I do not want trouble, so I retreat to the background...
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The Joy In Leaping
The Leap A moment before I leap, I hold my breath, my stomach tightens and all muscles tense to align for the most concentrated coordinated effort I can muster. I leap to live, to conquer, to explore,...
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The Weekend Begins
Weekend Plans We’ve got to get busy, we’ve got to rush! We’ve got to plan and clear the path for fun! We’ve got to get ready to spend time in the sun! It is Friday and my week of gloomy office days is...
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Fun!
Monkey Ride There is fun to be had in the simplest things, and Monkey knows how to catch himself some. He can grab onto a thistle – (careful not to snare a thorny bit!) and pull himself up and onto the...
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Growing: My Work And My Reward
Rock Candy Mountain Spirit My name is weed and I live on Candy Mountain. I am rooted in rocks. I stretch out in cold shade that lasts for most of the day, and then for a few precious hours, I embrace...
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Where Might My Path Lead Me?
Strong Curves Once in a while I can stop to see where I am headed and what might lie ahead. But that is only once in a while. Most days, weeks and even months, I feel tethered to a speeding train that...
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Time for a Second Look
Up Close & Personal Weeds have been on my mind lately. I’d been missing them because, for some time now, and for some reason they were not calling out to me. But today, and yesterday, last week,...
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Pay No Heed to the Warning Sign
Roadside Shine “I’ll be damned if I’m going to limit my life, dampen my shine, and cast aside my time in the sun and the cooling breeze, just because there is a warning sign up ahead. I am not a worry...
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I Feel
small I am lost. I am alone in an expanse of dark, hard, unforgiving rock. I am too small to throw a shadow. Too small to be noticed. Too small even to be squished if somebody steps on me, because I...
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The Fork In The Road
It seems that we return often to forks in the thread of life, or perhaps we are encountering new ones all the time. This tumbleweed reminds me that our journey is not as straightforward as we’d like,...
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Monday’s Crowd
My View of the Week I am one of the crowd on this Monday; I’m with the in-crowd, the working crowd, the humanity crowd. And here in this Monday moment, I compose myself and take a deep breath; better...
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Where and Why Are We?
Hanging Around What does it mean, this dangling in open space? Is this freedom? Am I waiting for something? If something good is just around the corner, then why do I feel uneasy? There are certain...
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Spotlight
It’s All In The View “The sun’s too bright,” she complained with a frown. “It’s shining right in my face and it hurts my eyes.” She lifted her hand up to shield her face but the glare meant she still...
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