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like velcro, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.
At Concord farm, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. A good memory. So perfect & blue!
035:365 Braided Bones., originally uploaded by mind on fire. A gift to my lover, upon celebrating 20 years of togetherness (he wrote the poem for me 8 years ago). I just wish that I’d thought to black out one of these legs from mid-femur on down. :)
in love, in spring, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. From Audre Lorde’s “Thaw” (for those of my friends in colder climes who are ready for spring) The language of past seasonscollapses pumpkins in springfalse labor slides like mudoff the face of easeand whatever I turn my hand topales in the sun. We will always be there [...]
sweet peas, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. A friend recently posted this poem to her Facebook page, and I just love it…(and as for the picture, I am dreaming of sweet peas a lot these days–because mine are not yet flowering…) Introduction to PoetryBilly Collins I ask them to take a poemand hold it up to [...]
I’m posting the letter that I received from the Verano Housing Office about the Ethernet outage, so those who didn’t receive this letter directly have the necessary information. Let me also note that from my personal research (from my informal network of friends and from walking around Verano to talk to other residents, this outage [...]
woodland walk, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. An excerpt from Mary Oliver’s poem “This World,” I would like to write a poem about the world that hasnothing fancy.Bu it seems impossible.Whatever the subject, the morning sunglimmers it.The tulip feels the heat and flaps its petals openand becomes a star.
woodland walk, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. This morning I had a flashback to when I paddled to Catalina earlier this year. Some friends said that they’d pick me up at the island airport and fly me home (yay, friends!). In order to make the connection to meet them at the airport that’s up on the [...]
persimmon, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. Lately, I’ve been eating orange: persimmons, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin. Yum! What colors are you enjoying today?
poppy love…. #4 — squaRED, originally uploaded by onkel_wart. The Box, by John Denver Once upon a time in the land of HushabyeAround about the wondrous days of yoreThey came across a sort of boxBound up with chains and locked with locksAnd labeled “Kindly Do Not Touch, it’s war” A decree was issued round aboutAnd [...]
San Gabriel mission, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. It’s one of those days when what I really need is a big dose of blue. With a dash of purple and green, too. :)
Rainbow and fog, originally uploaded by Tor Håkon. I went out canoeing this morning for the first time time in too long. There was a thick marine fog layer all around Newport so paddling out of the harbor was a bit surreal and even somewhat scary. I went out on a 2-man canoe with a [...]
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