Category Archives: taking time to look

NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 20

In the quiet yard
a pile of feathers, yellow, black… Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 19

today the slushing rain has filled
the yard with thirty-ish finches
all arguing for seed and perch… Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 16

along the driveway, in the woods
yellow daffodils here and there
a few are gifts left by the folks
who lived here before, and who died Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 15

wrinkled with sleep I am waiting,
listening to the crescendo —
water coming to a quick boil… Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 14

Today i set up a text replacement shortcut that replaces the letters “h a ha h a” (no spaces, just three ha’s strung together – couldn’t type them without spaces or it would trigger the shortcut ha ha ha) with a long string of ha ha ha’s. Continue reading

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