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Lessons Learned While Camping

Today I presented my second speech for my local Toastmasters Group. The title of the speech was Trailer Trash: Lessons Learned While Camping. Essentially it boils down to two rules: Planning is Critical and Sometimes It Won’t Matter. At the … Continue reading

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Excuse Me — Good Night

Drunken flattery though effusively sincere tastes of bile and beer, dear reminiscent of angry sleepless nights and “cold-shoulder and humble pie” Torch songs bearing light for angry tears tearing the lines you see tonight. Wanting to help you. Knowing there … Continue reading

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Haiku

In March Arlington’s trees weep tears of pink and white — one last kiss goodbye.

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Serendipitous Thoughts of My Future

I’m north of 60 now it’s time to admit I never could decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be everything –try everything– God knows I tried to try everything! Now my joints ache … Continue reading

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San Angelo in 2013

It started with the grackles just after dawn waves of them chattering twirling swirling swooping rolling black and purple and iridescent. As one wave subsided another would be building. It went on for so long that my neck was stiff … Continue reading

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On Considering the Elements for My Drum Painting

Turtle came to me first the earth the crone steady, slow, unperturbed always shielded Hawk came to me second when my need was great the sky my brother my guide the watcher the shaman Goose has always been with me … Continue reading

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Swirling

It snowed last night. Not the soft fluffy snow of romantic walks, but cold and shrunken stingy snow that this morning is being blown about by the wind under a petulant gray sky. There may be a prevailing direction, as … Continue reading

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Prayer on 7 November

I love this country and I love that its people turned out and did the right thing. I burned a lot of candles over the past 48 hours! And so many prayers! Now we have to support the positive movement … Continue reading

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Message from Crow on Election Eve 2012

Purifying Fasting Praying Offering Preparing Sacrificing Thanking Praising Lighting the incense Preparing the lamps Honoring ancestors Asking forgiveness Asking for blessing Begging forgiveness Begging for healing Asking a blessing for our Nation More purification Contemplation in solitude Listening for the … Continue reading

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Finding My Soul on All Soul’s Eve

Once I thought that having meant happiness. I must have thought so. I had a lot of things. I had a lot of things and I was happy. Today, I have less. Less people they die they separate they hide … Continue reading

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