Which, apparently, is to say I need a poetry challenge. Because I most definitely cannot get enough of these wedding llamas and alpacas.
I need a poetry challenge like I need a llama at a wedding.
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Category Archives: Miscellany
Sustenance: Puppies and poetry
May is Mental Health Month and a good time to look for new ways to revitalize ourselves. Or just be mindful to make use of the old ways. As good a time as any, is what I really mean; this shouldn’t be a once-a-year special occasion.
Still, we all get caught up in the day-to-day and forget sometimes (many times) to nurture our souls. Continue reading
Earth Day, Mother Nature and marching for science
Mother Nature seems angry. I am, too.
It’s Earth Day, and while today seems to be shaping up with lovely weather, I know we’re in trouble. Despite those who deny it, our planet is warming. It’s not good. Or perhaps I should say simply, it’s…
Sad. Continue reading
It’s Earth Day. What am I reading?
Happy Earth Day! I like to spend at least a part of Earth Day outdoors, biking, hiking, gardening, cleaning up trash. But I also like to spend a part of almost every day reading. As it happens, my recent reading put me in mind of Earth Day, so I wrote an Earth Day blog post for Escape Into Life.
Here’s a hint: E.B. White’s essays. They’re divine. Continue reading
Easter is for bunnies
I once said my dogs would never understand why I don’t want them to chase bunnies.
I might have been wrong.
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Rites of spring
The birds here know it’s Spring. Yesterday, I awoke to the song of a single robin, loud enough to disturb my attempts to return to sleep, and I came downstairs to find him perched on the peak of the (otherwise) disused playhouse in our backyard, warbling away. Nothing was going to stop him from his appointed task, which I presume was finding a mate. Even my two dogs barreling out of the house, down the stairs and into the yard toward him neither disturbed his song nor sent him to flight. He warbled on for at least an hour, claiming his place in the world. Continue reading