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Layers of Love

12/31/78 Leave a Comment

I have known of love since the day I was conceived for that is how I came to be. I have been given love since the day I was born as an inheritance of my … [Read more...] about Layers of Love

Filed Under: Love, Poetry, Relationship With Others

Defective Love

12/01/78 Leave a Comment

I love you. And yet with every time the phone doesn't ring or you don't answer, I hate you. I love you. And yet with every time you are not … [Read more...] about Defective Love

Filed Under: Love, Poetry, Relationship With Others

So Many Times Broken

03/06/78 Leave a Comment

So many times broken, it didn't matter anymore Feeling only a sadness, but not for herself. Remembering the temper he possessed, she stares at the hole, … [Read more...] about So Many Times Broken

Filed Under: Love, Poetry, Relationship With Others

Authentic Love

09/01/77 Leave a Comment

Because of you I have found my way to authentic love. Instead of the infatuating bewilderment of love itself I have felt the blessing of loving … [Read more...] about Authentic Love

Filed Under: Love, Poetry, Relationship With Others

Love Castles

01/01/75 Leave a Comment

Love is sometimes like a castle built of sand— shaped by the imagination, only to be washed away by the tide of time. © 1975 HSE … [Read more...] about Love Castles

Filed Under: Love, Poetry

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The Rambler — Female, 60+ and getting older by the minute. I've always loved to write, but the words have rarely left my head. Here, now, that's all about to change.
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LATEST RAMBLINGS

Triptych Life Academy

This poem was written in response to Rattle’s March 2025 ekphrastic challenge, which featured E.E. King’s painting titled “Art Class Siblings — Under … [Read More...] about Triptych Life Academy

Modern Last Supper (Haiku)

Modern last supper— aggressions simmering in a melting pot © 2024 HSE … [Read More...] about Modern Last Supper (Haiku)

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SHORT WRITINGS

Gifts of the Spirit Animal – The Spirit Speaks

(This is the fourth part of a series, the first of which you can find here.) With hearts blessed by wonder, we watched our deer friends, now all … [Read More...] about Gifts of the Spirit Animal – The Spirit Speaks

Magnolia fawn close-up

Gifts of the Spirit Animal – Growing Close

(This is the third part of a series, the first of which you can find here.) I had no idea what wonder our deer guests would reveal in the weeks to … [Read More...] about Gifts of the Spirit Animal – Growing Close

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Soul-Soothing Resources

Soul-Soothing Resources
Below are some of my most favorite rest stops when the soul feels frazzled and needs to reconnect or take a little break:
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Sez Kristiansen
Sleeping At Last

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