Category Archives: Writing

Weekly Photo Challenge – Escape

The first summer after I started my career in education (1983) I insisted Creighton and Itake a vacation.  We spent three wonderful days in August, on Orcas Island, and bicycled San Juan  and Lopez Islands as well.  The next year … Continue reading

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on being

my hands pull out the dead shrub I pour water into a hole in the earth plant a life form birds twitter above clouds swirl the universe opens in a heartbeat stories around night fires over centuries and generations seek … Continue reading

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Bruised Apples (an analysis)

It had been decades since the sensation had hit me this hard, although I recognized it immediately.  I had just come out of the kitchen to join my sisters for morning coffee when, centered deep and low inside, the ache … Continue reading

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Endings and Beginnings

Though it doesn’t show here, I have been actively writing this month.  At the suggestion of the writing circle I added dialogue to my short memoir, Studebaker.  It is a delightful improvement and I have posted it under About Being … Continue reading

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Touching Branches

I don’t recall what age I was when my mother gave me the silver medallion.    She knew I was curious about it, and that I would take good care of it, which I was/am and have.  The name on it … Continue reading

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Being Narrative Beings

Often I will awaken after midnight and have a difficult time returning to sleep.  One of the methods I use to lull myself is to turn on the radio, low enough that it doesn’t disturb my husband, but high enough … Continue reading

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Ninety Years

At the advanced age of ninety, my father is stuck and discouraged.  Whenever I visit him, the litany of grievances about his physical health, medications, and the condition of his home must be rehashed.  He sees them as obstacles that … Continue reading

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Harbingers

chickadees feast woodpeckers cling hummingbirds spar lapping long draughts ever more slowly koi course last light profiles pear tinged poplars against steely blue sky maple leaves big as dinner plates lie scattered wet shreds of storm clouds tangle in branches

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Shades of Autumn

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I am keeping a close eye on that one big Brandywine Heirloom Tomato that is ripening in my kitchen counter colander.  I only get two or three of them to mature (due to our cool PNW summers and falls) and … Continue reading

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Approaching Zebra

I took this photo inside the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, from the top of the stairs looking up at the searchlight in its glass paneled ceiling.  I titled the photo Zebra 2, knowing Creighton would understand the reference. There was … Continue reading

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