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Tag Archives: Living
Happy New Year
“It always comes back to us – why are we here? Well, we just happened to be here, we couldn’t choose it. The chance of us being born – that sperm hitting that egg – is 400 trillion to 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Beginnings, Birthday, Death, ends, Family, Generations, John Rock, Living, New Year, Paleo-Indian, Pisgah National Forest
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The journey
What I saw; My wife wanted to head-up to the mountains to buy her Dad a Christmas gift, something that we saw in a shop this summer. There wasn’t any guarantee that it would still be there but given the … Continue reading
Posted in Discover, discover wp, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged blink of an eye, Chance, Change, Death, Family, Friends, Journey, Life, Living, Love
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The death of a young bird
We had just finished eating dinner. The dishes were clean, the kitchen was straightened up and now my wife could settle down on the sofa and catch-up on all the celebrity news on E! Entertainment. I put the dogs up and … Continue reading
Don’t skip to the end
My wife and I communicate very differently. For example I will say I talked to daughter # 1 about X and my wife will say Did you ask her about Y and Z? No, I will reply I only called to ask … Continue reading
A poem: Synonyms
I search for synonyms, Little words, Of bold expression, To define my existence Manufactured phrases, Simple tales or fables, To justify my presence, Or being at this moment An antonym maybe, A mirror of opposites, To defend what I am … Continue reading
A poem: The Doctor’s Office
I sit grey and cold, years soaked beyond a black and white photograph of tight skin, dark hair on a straight and ridged frame waiting my turn in an ocean of Muzak. Days in mass, wasted in a wheeled chair … Continue reading
A poem: Coffee House
Absorbed in a cup of black heat, watching, listening The scenes change, bodies move, voices echo Business, relationships, old friends and new Some wait, they are late, maybe early I sit, alone, blending into the moment Job interview, smile, … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged coffee, Coffee house, Living, Poem, Poems, Poet, Poetry
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A poem: One Life
The azaleas bloomed, Pinks and whites against a backdrop of summer grass waiting for the heat to rise Yellow dust, pollen lust, coats the landscape Spontaneous and unstable, whisked away by an afternoon rain or an April breeze This is … Continue reading
Field of Weeds
“The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil is dreaming of grass.” – Wendell Berry There is still a little nip in the air but Spring has sprung in my part of … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged dandelion, environment, Field of Weeds, Living, Nature, Pace, Peace, Slow Down, Spring, wendell berry
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What?
Yesterday, a young man jumped off a four-story parking garage and died on impact when he hit the sidewalk below. He was in his early twenties. I had seen a news report which began cryptically about a suspicious man in … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts
Tagged depression, Family, Future, Health, Living, Love, mental health, mental illness, Past, Present, suicide, what
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