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When I’m obedient, ancient smoke curls around my face and I whisper the Jesus Prayer. Frankincense and prayer make my shoulders release better than an…
Sep 11
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Here. Here the breeze cools my sun-warmed body, skips across skin like stones on the surface of water. Here. Here smells like a spice, an herb, a…
Sep 3
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Motherhood
From Form to Function
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On Maine
Slowing the frenetic
Jun 26
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Vanitas
There are scenes that make me indescribably lonely and always have. The fluorescent buzzing of the light over the kitchen sink - whichever sink…
Jun 25
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Red Clay
My toes sink into red mud - clay - no topsoil. The thickness oozes between my toes onto my nailbeds. I know it will stain. Always does. The cuticles…
Jun 24
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a meandering trip
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