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I have a friend who keeps telling me that I should write a book about my life. She says that I’ve had a lot of interesting things happen and that she is sure people would read it.
That makes me take a look at my life. Because, after all, it’s just my [...]
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I love snow. I really do. I like how the untouched snow blankets the earth and makes it appear pristine and beautiful.
Snow is glorious.
But it’s also a pain. Only because we have too many people moving here who have NEVER driven in snow.
I’ve been driving in snow my entire adult [...]
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sage, over at Musings, did his take on this meme and I thought it might be fun to share a bit of myself with you through it.
If it’s bold, I did it. My personal comments are in the parentheses.
Bought everyone in the bar a drink
Swam with wild dolphins
Climbed a mountain (can’t [...]
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It’s that season again. Black Friday, Cyber Monday - it’s all about consumerism.
Or is it?
Willow and I drove up to the Grand Canyon on Saturday. We took the back route, up highway 64, through the Navajo Nation. We stopped at a few overlooks that gave us spectacular views of the [...]
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american life in poetry: column 087
by ted kooser, u.s. poet laureate, 2004-2006
The first poem we ran in this column was by David Allan Evans of South Dakota, about a couple washing windows together. You can find that poem and all the others on our website, www.americanlifeinpoetry.org. Here Tania Rochelle of Georgia presents us [...]
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“Between my chin and throat
his mouth slipped over and over.
Still between my arm and shoulder,
I feel the brush of his hair.”
Hilda Doolittle
There are those spots, those little places on your skin that can make you squirm or smile or want to be touched more.
While at the Dixie Chicks concert, my sister-in-law reached over [...]
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Once I got over the initial dread of the stress of Thanksgiving dinner, I was looking forward to it. After all, I was going to get to spend time with my niece and nephew and enjoy some good food. It can’t get much better, right?
As I parked my car, Willow came [...]
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On this eve of the United States’ Thanksgiving Day, I wanted to do something a little different.
In the spirit of giving thanks for the bountiful life I have, I want to make a list of some of my favorite words and why they are important to me.
In no particular order:
love
Why wouldn’t this be [...]
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In three weeks, I’ll be 40 years old. Forty. Wow. Frankly I have never thought of myself at that age. It seems old to me. But I’m not old. At least, I don’t think I am (and Willow tells me I’m not!).
In my family, I’m not even [...]
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When the calls and conversations
Accidents and accusations
Messages and misperceptions
Paralyze my mind
Last night, my sister-in-law, Jenn, and Willow, and I drove down to Glendale (in the Phoenix area) to see the Dixie Chicks in concert.
Busses, cars, and airplanes leaving
Burning fumes of gasoline
And everyone is running
And I come to find a refuge in the
We had [...]
