Year: 2020
Writing
An Easy Hardship
I’m scheduled for surgery later this month. I won’t say when or for what, because privacy. I’ll just say it’s a mechanical thing that will make me more mobile. My physical therapist is having me walk with two canes so I’m more stable. I’ve also been swimming laps every other day or so at pools […]
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Writing
Owlet Wisdom?
A couple of nights ago I dreamt that I was sitting on top of a picnic table under a huge oak tree. I looked up to see a great horned owl perched on a branch high above me. I thought I saw another bird flying behind it, but I couldn’t make it out. And then, […]
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Writing
Same-ing It
I’m always reading books about how to change, and I’m always telling my friends about the newest book I’m reading about how to change. This hasn’t changed, but I’ve found a new book to add to the list: How We Change (And Ten Reasons Why We Don’t) by Ross Ellenhorn. “Finally. Someone who understands […]
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My Cat Santiam
Writing
Santiam for Starters
I’m working on setting up this website. I thought I’d start with Santiam, my dearest cat of seventeen years. She died on 7 June 2019. This is a picture of her not too long after I got her in 2002. I was really into Mexican candy, so she is posing with a saldito sucker atop […]
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Poetry
Old Poetry
This is an old poem. I have more, but if I ever want to publish them, I can’t put them online. Check “links” in the menu for more. Willow Words Eyes open, Too much. Eyes closed, Too many. Only the shivering willow Can hold her to her pen. Eyes open, Everything. […]
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