I heard the news.
I unveiled my American flag. It has not seen the out-of-doors since this nightmare began. It rolls and waves on a light breeze on this beautiful autumnal day.
Here is hoping we are again, someday, the United States of America.
I heard the news.
I unveiled my American flag. It has not seen the out-of-doors since this nightmare began. It rolls and waves on a light breeze on this beautiful autumnal day.
Here is hoping we are again, someday, the United States of America.
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Samhain Greetings – May the coming season have mercy on our planet.
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Just past full, a moon so bright only major constellations are visible.
Early morning, autumn in the air, just me and the night critters. An opossum and I startled each other mid-street.
Rounding a corner, an unmistakable call. Somewhere in the trees to my left was a Great Horned Owl, I stopped. Soon, I realized I was listening in the wrong direction. The call was coming from my right, a greenbelt behind a string of low-slung ranch-style homes.
Then I caught on. It was a duet, the conversation of two Great Horned Owls, with me in the middle. I listened in for some time before the call to my left threaded off as it flew quietly through the dark. My cue to leave.
There is magic in the language of owls. And a kind of hope, at least so says author Jane Yolen. “The kind of hope that flies on silent wings under a shining Owl Moon.”
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Nineteen years.
Bless all those lost that day and those who tried to help, who themselves became sick from the toxic dust.
Not forgotten.
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When you pull weeds, it is a lot easier to see.
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The clock stopped.
At approximately 10:55 AM or PM, on some day in the last five months, the three AA batteries powering the old alarm clock gave up. In about the same span, time stopped for more than 600,000 people globally who have, so far, perished at the receptors of an invisible viral invader.
I can replace the batteries. No one can replace the souls or salve the sorrow. Divine dictate does not drive pandemics. Germs do. That they outnumber us is a condition of residency on this planet.
Yet something stirs. Though stilled, there remains enough power in the clock for its light when touched in the dark. Something to that.
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A furry paw twitches, breath quickens, a tail flicks. Dream-chasing rabbits in a game of hide and seek.
It’s quiet now. The dreamer passed on to the Great Grassy Yard today.
The name was Bond. James Bond.
Great shaggy head, those furry paws ran the Great Grassy Yard in this world until age took its toll.
Everyone thinks their dog is special—and they are right. James brought energy to my family that had been missing forever—that is pretty heavy lifting for a dog.
Or a doge. James was an AKC Champion Shiba Inu, contributing many puppies to the world in his years at stud. And then he whirled into our lives, a pal to all with a driving interest in squishing squeak toys while rolling upon them, four paws in the air.
The man himself is no longer, but his soul lives on. He passed at home where he used to run, surrounded by flowers, butterflies, sky, trees, and the wind.
Of James, no truer words were ever spoke, “He has been a life force for friendly tolerance.” Few of any species can say the same. I will miss you James.
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Up the gentle green hill, mid-morning sun dapples through the leafy ring around this landscape. Pick up speed running down again, laughing, arms akimbo, making fluttering shadows in the sun.
What’s it all for?
Once many of us ran our own green slopes when young. Half a century later, probably few of those young’uns do. For me, time has collapsed, my future passed, and the timeless summer day comes again. If only for the exhilarating run past sun, shade, and flower on a peerless blue sky day.
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