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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 28

the light is fading •
the robins take to the shrubs •
reciting their day Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 27

Bent over the ground •
this is how we welcome spring •
looking for new life. Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 26

Mom and I went to a garden center and had a good time looking at the first wave of plants. I went because I needed a couple “models” for painting now that the daffodils are past, and I need to … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 21

Beautiful bright sun today. So many birds singing. I’m needing a nap — sat on the front steps painting fading daffodils Only I know what the front yard looks like today things caught by the sun full of yellow my … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 20

Yes today is 4/20. Yes today is the twentieth day of a month of poems and paints. Today it was hot. When I sat outside to paint the small biting flies were pestering me. I went to visit Mom and the … Continue reading

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