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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Cherokee Spirituality:

On Thursday morning I went to the Main Street Center to hear a program on Cherokee Spirituality, presented by Rowena McClinton. Prof. McClinton teaches history at the university and has spent years researching the Cherokee, the Moravian missionaries and what was going on in the "colonies" in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

kwitchurbellyachin

Imagine a rustic cafe in the high Cascade mountain pass between eastern and western Washington, the table tops made of crosscut slabs from old-growth trees polished with a dozen coats of marine varnish, the legs made of four-inch thick branches. The walls of the place are vertical slabs of varnished... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Actually, I was thinking of myself as the ant

at the mercy of the Great Boot of Fate. How I've missed being flattened and ground into dust is a mystery beyond solving. I've been swept off path like leaves off the sidewalk, tossed and tumbled many a time. But absolutely squished into pulp -- it's no doubt something to look forward to. Sometimes... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Bugs, Fate and Foreshadows

Sometimes there'll be an ant on the sidewalk when I'm bringing in the shopping bags. I used to avoid stepping on them. Why interrupt the life of a creature going about it's short and stressful life? It's not hurting anything, maybe keeping the area a bit cleaner in its search for food. Then I found... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 25, 2011

A Walk in the Woods

The woods seem silent when first walked in: the only sounds are feet munching twigs on a fir needle carpet. Sensitivities double, ears see the gentle surf of the breeze washing upper tips of tall Douglas firs. Eyes hear sunlight's slender bright notes, piccolo dots glow through canopy-gaps above,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Visit from my oldest son...

I named him Daniel, because I'd never met anyone named Daniel that I didn't like. And there was that Biblical hero -- Daniel in the lion's den. Strong masculine name. He's 52 now, tempered and strengthened by adversity, has a good woman's love. He's a no BS kind of guy, runs a crew that upgrades... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

On Good Friday

Tornadoes tore up the Airport known as Lambert International. Those great glass windows shattered. Buses and cars were flipped like kids' toys, one hung suspended over the lip of the upper story of the parking garage to be featured on the Weather Channel before a stick of debris was cleared, before... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 22, 2011

On Being Real...

I'm not only real, I'm surreal, the realest cool jewel you never saw and nobody invented me but me, no matter what you think, no matter what you drink. I love the fantasy world, the miracle whirl, the way things seem and in between I love the idea that someone has created something no one is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Get off the fence granny, the pickets are putting marks on your butt...

Which is what I told myself this a.m. For months now I've been thinking about what to do next. Does the term "horns of a dilemma" mean anything to anyone else. My Irish twins, Joe and Guy, are on the cusp of change. Joe's the one who just bought his daughter Amy a little car for her 16th Birthday,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Dancing With the Storms

Channels 2, 4, 5, and 11 pre-empted regular programming last night to focus on the weather. Even the Weather Channel was following the line of thunderstorms and tornadoes as it moved like a big scythe blade through Missouri and Illinois and on toward Indiana and Ohio. There were warning sirens,... Sign in to see full entry.

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