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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend — or a meaningful day.rOur prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.
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NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 2
went out in the rain • my hair already wet • my body thirsty Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, food, gardens and flowers, haiku, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, travels, weather
Tagged bread, dothework, haiku, home, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, rain, soup, travels
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The Grinder Roosts At Last
This was yesterday’s job. My antique coffee grinder had been waiting around for me to commit and this was the only reasonable place it could go. Continue reading
Posted in 418 Petersburg, badass-ness, cats helpful cats, coffee and tea, Do the Work
Tagged blackcats, Cat, coffee, helpfulcats, newhouse, oddjobs
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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 13
boil up the kettle • thinking of the endless cups • at grandma’s table Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, covid19, deadlines, Do the Work, gardens and flowers, Gnomish, haiku, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, weather
Tagged covid19, daffodils, dothework, garden, gnomes, Gnomish, haiku, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, process, tea, thermos, weather
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Day 2 NaPoWriMo 2024
This familiar paper cup • This brown cardboard sleeve… Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, deadline, Do the Work, family and friends, gratitude, haiku, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, the creative process
Tagged coffee, dothework, friends, haiku, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, postcard, process
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Day 13 NaPoWriMo 2022
Quiet day – made an appointment, took out some trash, made some coffee, admired the daffodils. I have had several instances recently of thanking Dad for teaching us how to watch for roadside critters. when all colors fade and the … Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, Do the Work, gardens and flowers, haiku, In the neighborhood, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process
Tagged daffodils, deer, dothework, fox, GloPoWriMo, haiku, NaPoWriMo, process, TakingTimetoLook
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