Tag Archives: Air

THANK GOD FOR BREATH

Posted on November 21, 2018 by elainedanforth

Thank God for breath, and for disasters, the most forceful askers which bid us now step up our game. . . Thank God for sweat, for air, for masks, and bicycles. When normal daily acts of ease have turned quite … Continue reading →

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A BREATH OF MUSIC FROM UP HIGH

Posted on May 4, 2018 by elainedanforth

Birdsong unraveling like a sweet, shrill piece of spiral tape confetti bursting from a paper bottle party favor in the bright spring air.

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HAND. LAND. MEANS OF SUPPORT.

Posted on March 1, 2018 by elainedanforth

Hand. Land. Such means, which range from well seen to unseen, of support, more vital than such thick walls as bar all possible admittal to the most fortified war fort. Having such strong underpinning often differentiates so much from not … Continue reading →

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WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW

Posted on January 6, 2018 by elainedanforth

Whether you for sure don’t know or maybe, in this dreary weather, you really just don’t think you do, how things are, or which way they’re meant to go, try turning from the “I don’t know,” toward the plain “I … Continue reading →

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ALL HANDS TOGETHER

Posted on September 17, 2017 by elainedanforth

Hands together. . . Yours to mine, Mine to mine, Yours to yours. . . We touch our hands in twos, in threes, in little groups, in crowds, in scores. . . we breathe we drink the water accept caress … Continue reading →

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STREET REPAIR

Posted on May 25, 2017 by elainedanforth

Street repair. . . It takes an awful lot of noise to fix the cracks and pits the chips and nicks, and what all else they’re digging for all too nearby, out there. Drills’ shrill pounding, deep resounding, hits me … Continue reading →

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THE SPIRIT OF SPRING

Posted on April 5, 2017 by elainedanforth

The spirit of spring has asserted itself. The splendid canopy of summer is now our striving up-and-comer, rising up to reach as high as this good year will ever swell. Sun climbs, blooms of alls sorts on grasses, bushes, trees … Continue reading →

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WALK. BEFORE YOU TALK.

Posted on April 4, 2017 by elainedanforth

Walk. Before you talk. That is Nature’s way. And, before you, She has her say. So get out there, far as you dare, be the weather foul or fair, move under sun o’er land, through air, Before the hours all … Continue reading →

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THE FIRE OF LIFE

Posted on January 28, 2017 by elainedanforth

When you want the light and warmth, but gray-black smoke to billow up and forth, where it will rise away from you, Proceed, with care, to stoke the fire and build it up with ample force, but keep your mind … Continue reading →

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LIFE IS LIKE A CONSTANT STRING OF PRAYERS

Posted on January 14, 2017 by elainedanforth

Life is like a constant string of prayers . You breathe and breathe and pray and pray, on your feet, in a too hard or very comfy seat lain prone or supine or bent upon your knees, without really knowing … Continue reading →

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