Tag: meaning of life
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The Way of the Fool
The Way of a Fool A leaf flutters from a tall tree, Free for ten blinks of an eye, He doesn’t see it come to rest gently At his feet, Having lost interest To the consumption of time He’ll never get back In this forest he never Wanted to be in. Such is the way…
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The Shadows In Life…
Many people put their best foot forward, even to the point of being untrue. On the good side, this effort is based on a positive attitude pushing them past obstacles that keep them from the happiness and peace they seek. On the dark side, smiling faces may mask lies and deceit used to create a…
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Watching Mallards
Watching Mallards A twisted tree trunk is now sideways On the edge of the rain-swollen Carmel River. I, the bit player in this proceeding, stand on the other side, Proclaiming no human could have better positioned this former tree As a perch for two mallards. The hen stretches her neck downward To see what is…
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Slice of Life: Time
Robert stood in the kitchen, a cup of coffee in one hand, car keys in the other. He was at the point where he was too awake to go back to bed, besides, if he did, he might lose his job. The cup titled slightly, sending coffee to the wood floor. He looked at the…
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Sunday Afternoon…
I spent a warm Sunday afternoon yesterday outside in the backyard, writing and painting (watercolors). But what made the time truly relaxing was a single butterfly, a cabbage white, that spent over an hour flitting about on nearby flowers. I finally got my camera and took the above shot. This year I’ve read more global…
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Goodbye 2018
Ready to ring in the new year. Mass shootings, natural disasters and Trump were stains on 2018. My built-in stain remover, hope, is teetering, but still alive. I end this year with an image and a poem. Orchid There is no balance in life When the arc of an orchid Weighted with fragile beauty Cannot…
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A Meaning of Life…
Orchid If the arc of an orchid Fails to hold Our attention, Life is not Balanced. I’ve rewritten this “poem” because it is never finished–it is always in my thoughts. We are surrounded by beauty, too often unnoticed when life is hectic, or overrun with suffering. Orchids are nice but they won’t stop violence.…
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Monday’s Path: Harder Than It Looks
The setting for this path in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco is deceiving. The log steps are too far apart to accommodate the stride of a normal person. A seven-footer might be able to negotiate them, but the rest of us will have our feet sink into redwood chips, accentuating the long reach to the…
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Chartan: Evil Returns
The ongoing struggle of a guru turned limo driver. Last week: Chartan drives home after visiting Brazil who is recovering from surgery. Rather than run to the apartment, Chartan held the steering wheel at 10 and 2 as he did when he was driving a fare. Straight ahead about 15-feet away was the first…
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