Flying a Sign – By Chrystal Berche Wild eyed woman, her hair a mess Shakes as she goes person to person begging for cigarettes A foot away an old man sleeps, his head pillowed on a graying jacket ‘Will work for food’ printed neatly on a sign tied to his chest What place is this where ‘flying a sign’ is […]
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You have to keep going. It’s okay to turn around and look at the view take a few breaths –but the goal is the top and it’s a long way off and the sun is moving –You have to keep trucking over rocks and boulders, sand and snow. In the Northeast Kingdom or the Inland Empire, Sierra Nevada or […]
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“Imagine if for the next twenty-four hours you had to wear a cap that amplified your thoughts so that everyone within a hundred yards of you could hear every thought that passed through your head. How embarrassed or fearful would you be to go outside? Imagine how freeing it would be at last to have nothing to hide. And how miraculous it […]
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“Safe”, by Phil Wickham “You will be safe in his arms, you will be safe in his arms, ’cause the hands that hold the world, are holding your heart”.
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At the Gazebo in Winter Under the gazebo, a shade of gray I can hear and see the lake lapping, just beyond the pines. Unlike winter, the empty campsites and hardwood trees I have my art called poetry.
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“He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.” – Samuel Butler
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“Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.” – Barbara Kingsolver
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“The workaholic colonizes his own despair at the perceived emptiness of life by filling it in with work.” – Mark Kingwell
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