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Traffic
My eyes are grainy today, but still somehow find the light. It’s bright and wonderful through the fog. Cars honk, go slowly, pacing with their horses grumbling. They slowly move past the line, reined in by the weather. I feel their longing to bolt, Tied and restrained into a 9-5, somedays I’d like to run…
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Good days work
Another late night, getting through a day full of requirements, self-imposed and otherwise. I unlock the door with the dubious pleasure of being the only one awake, sigh, and do the things I must before calling the day. I go through the motions, tired in body and mind tonight, Only two days into a workweek…
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My Riff
My life’s a place of work and laughter, both at the same time. Even on a Monday when life is hectic, I find a place of joy inside. A repeating riff of the variety of living. The good, the bad, the sad. Each day the same but slightly different. Each aspect another facet of the…
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Black box
What’s in a story? I ask myself this daily now, deep in the throes of nanowrimo. How can I make people feel, understand, live through the eyes of another? How do I draw them in, capture them in my web, Each story a black box, a mystery until it’s opened. I’m every bit as surprised…
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Lest we forget
No matter where I am, what I’m doing, what’s been going on in my life, Today is a day that gives me pause, Reminds me of how many people have given their lives so that I can live in the luxury of a country where I’m not worried about my basic human rights. This isn’t…
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The rut
I watched as the week flew, On wings of solid steel. Picked me up and dropped me off, And didn’t once ask how I feel I thought I’d have so much more time with which to play. Instead I chose to get stuff done, each and every day. When all I wanted was a room…
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Better late then never
It stared at me, with its lack of eyes I gingerly cut it open, scraped it out callously Without remorse or consideration Of the life it had lived. I taught my young the same indifference And made that pumpkin Into the man it is today
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March of the errands
Back to reality, Tap-dancing through my day, Visits to hither and yon, Faxes and refills, mail and paperwork Finally caught up and look at the clock, Time for home and supper, food and stories and dessert, “Strawberries in snow” Kids not yet caught up from the time change. From east and summer, to winter and…
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Wrap up
Our last day of our fun-family-vacation, and it felt just about right. We didn’t do anything crazy, we hardly left the house we were staying at, but we did enjoy ourselves. The weather was so much better in Toronto than at home, which meant the kids enjoyed another 5 days of outdoor activity. I learned more…
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Panacea
Monday on vacation, brisk and sunny, coffee for me to wake up and enjoy my day. A day made more pleasant with the arrival of old friends. We whiled away the morning as though time had never passed, made plans to get together soon, each of us stunned to realize seven years and more had…