The Art of the Moment

This past week has been a bit of a revelation to me.  Nothing much bothers me, and I don’t haul around a lot of baggage. I’d always figured I wasn’t the sort of person who held a grudge. When it comes to my writing, it seems, that has not been the case.Â
Many years ago, when my writing [...]

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count them, one by one,
those myriad pulsing stars
waiting for time’s end
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light, powdered snowflakes
dance suspended on the wind…
too soon the darkness

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I don’t see sunrises very often, other than in the wintertime. I’m not much of a “morning person,” preferring the hues of sunset to the piercing rays of first light. My energy rises from about four in the afternoon until well after midnight, and I do some of my best work then. But we do [...]

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If today is any indication, the new year should be bright and bracing, with just a touch of blustering. I never did get out into it after this morning’s venture onto the front steps (in housecoat and slippers) to take photographs.Â
New Year’s Eve, Al and I settled in to watch Tomorrow Never Dies, in which [...]

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