Day: June 16, 2021

Broken Washer, Healthy Spirit, by Mark Tulin/Being Known

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Crow On The Wire

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I have moved four times in the last eight years. The last one I describe in this prose poem. It was the most difficult and stressful, complicated by my health challenges and the abruptness of the situation. If we didn’t have the resources or the friends, we very likely would have been homeless. As we wait for the moving van to arrive at our new location, I wonder how long our luck will last and hope we can stay long enough to memorize the address.

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Love tragedy..

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Come Enjoy John’s Post!!!

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Love tragedy…

I remember the hellos. So sweet and kind. You were a wild girl in a woman body. You made me learn to dance, learn to climb the fault lines of California and suicide board the sea. And you taught me. Beautiful face and sexy body don’t mean perfect heart.

I remember painting words into my journal as you washed away the heat of the California sun in the hidden waterfalls in the California fault line. I have loved you for a thousand days before you found me at a poetry reading. I was singing songs of love and kisses and I remember I saw your eyes. I tempted a hidden demon and need.

After the poetry reading. We went to the Monterey Bay. We talked and talked till we couldn’t talk no-more. I told her this night. You are too beautiful for me and you will break my…

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Tuesday Writing Prompt- Heaven

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Keep it alive

Devereaux Frazier and Beth Amanda are currently hosting the Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge

Today’s prompt—Heaven in her eyes

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I found heaven in her eyes 

As I gazed into those deep dark pools

A feeling of serenity rose up to meet me

And I found heaven in her eyes



Her love shone true and pure

Selfless and generous 

As she offered all that she treasured

With the love that shone through her eyes



And I found my heaven in her love

The love of a mother, benevolent and kind

Her heart holding mine in a hug of comfort 

And her eyes shedding tears of happiness 

And for a moment, we both experienced paradise

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The Rubber Duck Committee…

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Rethinking Life

Ann and Jeffery are currently in charge of the Rubber Duck Committee.  Their purpose is to make sure the Rubber Duck Pond is fully stocked with colorful and happy Rubber Ducks.  They do a wonderful job and everyone is delighted when they spot a new Rubber Duck in the pond.  There are twenty-five chicklets on the Committee and they are very dedicated.

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A Few Quotations On The Environment

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Come Read These Great Quotes!!

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“Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.”

                                                                Theodore Roosevelt

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“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”

                                                                Mahatma Gandhi

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“Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.”

                                                                               Bill Nye

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“Global warming is real, and the environment is in danger. Those who deny the overwhelming evidence about climate change are embracing ignorance. In order to bequeath a livable world to our children and grandchildren, we must do all we can to fight climate change now.”

                                                                                Charles F. French

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