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 Don’t Forget We’re Waging 2 Wars, Alienating the World, Preaching Intolerance, and Killing the National Park Service
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Posted May 3, 2006

Don’t Forget We’re Waging 2 Wars, Alienating the World, Preaching Intolerance, and Killing the National Park Service

It is hard not to flinch at the beauty of the world when my perception flickers like a radio station interrupted by static. Working on the side of the Black Mountains on Joe’s farm this morning [...]

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 Spring’s Bounty
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Posted May 2, 2006

Spring’s Bounty

It is May Day and everything begins anew. The thunderstorm clouds have finally passed over the rim of the Black Mountains and I gaze at the slate grey slant of Celo Knob on my way to – yes – a [...]

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 Food For Thought
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Posted April 30, 2006

Food For Thought

What makes a poem a poem? Is it something as simple asadding line breaks? Or being clever about analogies – like describing yourself as a fish when you really mean to say that you feel [...]

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 Five Hours of Sleep in Forty Hours
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Posted April 29, 2006

Five Hours of Sleep in Forty Hours

After two and a half hours of Eve’s Night Out, and a crowd of thirty women, Vic and I ride to her home just outside of BigCity, NC along the Blue Ridge Parkway just because. It is not the [...]

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 Fly On The Wall
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Posted April 28, 2006

Fly On The Wall

“I know I’m south of the Mason-Dixon line when my cornbread ain’t sweet,” Jon says over the chatter of my Buddhist friends as we gather to celebrate Alan’s 52nd birthday. He goes on to expound on [...]

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 Sick and Sleepy Attempt at Analogy About Life, Water, Quilts and Other Unformed Thoughts
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Posted April 27, 2006

Sick and Sleepy Attempt at Analogy About Life, Water, Quilts and Other Unformed Thoughts

After twelve hours at work, finally home, walking only in a towel across the way to the neighbor’s house where there is a shower…and the rain comes, falling fast as bullets and penetrating my [...]

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 Wildflower Cove
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Posted April 25, 2006

Wildflower Cove

At the peak of afternoon heat I hike to Wildflower Cove. The walk is easy; just about one mile on an old gravel road that turns into forest road, abandoned houses, and long forgotten pastures, [...]

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 Post Beer Ramble
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Posted April 24, 2006

Post Beer Ramble

Sitting down to a cold beer after a hearty afternoon hike is quite possibly one of my favorite indulgences. Feet pleasantly sweaty with the heat of friction from that last two-mile stretch back [...]

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 Max & Vaughn Age 1 1/2, Drew Age 3
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Posted April 23, 2006

Max & Vaughn Age 1 1/2, Drew Age 3

Whereas I resort to calling Max like a dog in order to coerce him to come inside (unsuccessfully), Britt knows every trick and nuance of the mothering deal that is so foreign to me. When I assume [...]

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 Wisdom, Restraint, and Other Adventures
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Posted April 22, 2006

Wisdom, Restraint, and Other Adventures

On a whim, Dan calls and says, “K, so are you going?” The brief memory of the marshmallow kiss from the Easter party is enough to get me up and out to meet Dan at the gallery opening, which is [...]

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