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Separated from others?

Flash of Silver…the leap that changed my world Question #18 Rite of Passage Six –Early Tumult– (1950-1951) Age 16-17 years old Q: In your teens were you separated from others by your family or economic circumstances? Did this exclusion drive … Read More

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The Bottom of the Ladder

Flash of Silver…the leap that changed my world Question #17 Rite of Passage Six –Early Tumult– (1950-1951) Age 16-17 years old Q: Did you have a menial job you hated but later look back on as a great learning experience? … Read More

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Stars

Stars The stars in the moonlight fascinate me They seem to be scattered all over the sea, Twinkling, sparkling, diamonds from welkin, Buckets of stars, simply, for the taking. O would I could I gather the stars To sprinkle on … Read More

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The Fish and the Dam

Flash of Silver…the leap that changed my world Question #16 Rite of Passage Six –Early Tumult– (1950-1951) Age 16-17 years old Q: The ‘law of unintended consequences’ -clean hydroelectric power and its collateral damage to fish. Are such ‘developments’ eventually … Read More

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Saga of Two Trees

Saga of Two Trees As two trees struggled in life’s raging squall, a flower hid its tiny head from them and wept; although both growing trees were given strength by the lashing rains and whirling straws of life; the buffeting … Read More

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Sister in Seattle

Sister in Seattle She sits upon the pavement cold, wrapped around in rags of faded hues. Eyes fixed upon the Latte held in hands to warm the fingers that thrust through the worn out gloves of blue. The Latte? Given … Read More

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Are you a mentor-to-be?

Flash of Silver…the leap that changed my world Questions #15 Rite of Passage Five – lower case gourmet (1945 to 1948 –Age 14) Q: Could you, in the upstream later years, offer yourself to a young person as a mentor? … Read More

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Waiting

Listen to Waiting Waiting All creation’s new beginnings. Wake to stirrings of adoring. All expecting, waiting, aching. Stretching up, anticipating, Beautifying, glorifying, Giving thanks while testifying. This new-birth, so purifying, Sings a song while prophesying. Hope and life are now … Read More

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Mentored by Modeling

Flash of Silver…the leap that changed my world Question #14 Rite of Passage Five –lower case gourmet– (1945 to 1949) Q. Who was your mentor during your discovery phase who has continued to influence you in your adult life? I … Read More

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Summer Daze

   Summer Daze Summer Daze Winter’s season; a faded utterance. Spring, maturing, leaves behind her viewpoint. Summer, breezing in with arrogance – Warming earth and wisdom’s aging joints. Lazy summer days soon lose their thrill, No rains to quench, the … Read More

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