Category Archives: Oh, hi America!

A bit of this and that, a thought or two on current events.

 Yesterday, a long time ago, he gave her flowers, from the florist. He sent them to her home, and her work. Now and then, he bought, and brought, them himself.   Later, sometime after yesterday, they bought a house together, he made her gardens of luscious flowers with scents of love filling their home.   […]

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Ten years ago I was at the beginning of the last semester I would teach face-to-face. Tom was diagnosed two years earlier with ALS. The lifespan from diagnosis is considered to be two to five years. Time was clicking. We needed to make decisions for what the rest of that time looked like for him, […]

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This foggy bench. It’s feels the stories Love.Fear.Joy.Tears. Thousands of people Sitting.Hugging.Kissing.Crying. People together. People alone. People with dogs. Sometimes no people at all. The bench collects the Wind.Rain.Fog.Sun. It weathers the storms And faces the sunrise Each.Day. To begin anew. And gives it to the people.

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