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Building the Earth

Building the Earth

Thoughts on ’ Building the Earth’Most people would admit to hoping that the world will be a better place because they have been in it.Some people, perhaps most of us, desire to grow into the people love calls us to be.So where do we look for ideas on how to build the...

Gay Pride Then and Now

Gay Pride Then and Now

This line, which can be useful every day, is from American poet and painter, e.e. cummings:Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love if the stars walk backward.The 1990s were some of the years when I learned most about loving relationship. We lived in...

Memorial Day Weekend in Colorado at 9000 feet

Memorial Day Weekend in Colorado at 9000 feet

We were in Buena Vista over Memorial Day Weekend on the first warm day of the year as a party of six - - four senior adult people, two couples, and our friends’ two dogs. The older dog was a senior chocolatelab and the other a young black lab and pointer mix. We were...

Diamonds and Sutras – a Sestina Poem

Diamonds and Sutras – a Sestina Poem

DIAMONDS AND SUTRAS: A Sestina, written June 21, 2013. ‘Diamonds and Sutras’ is in Poems for the Journey. Read my tutorial on how to write a Sestina here. I hope you will enjoy it.Some people make their fortunes finding diamonds.Others practice knowledge of the...