Tag Archives: Fall

SPELL

Posted on September 8, 2022 by elainedanforth

The heatinside. . . the windows ope. . . the dark, the faintest draft, the fat and waxing moonthat looms. . . the cricketsgentle plenty chirping song— ALL RIGHT! All right!- it’s beautiful–and not so very “warm” as ’twas, but … Continue reading →

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BEING OF THE LIGHT

Posted on March 25, 2015 by elainedanforth

Your smile crystalline shines forward through the years. . . I smile back through more than a drapey screen, and feel a fall digging in and burying me in feet of fresh, heaped-tall, unseasonally molten snow. . . And you … Continue reading →

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A MARVEL AND A STAPLE IS THIS DAY

Posted on August 21, 2014 by elainedanforth

Marvelous day out. . . Arms, legs swing. . . Sun, air. . . Bending joints +++++and muscles ++++++++++seek their +++++best function arcs and points. . . And, +++++with a little coax, +++++++++++++++they will begin +++++++++++++++++++++++++to SING! Then, +++++homeward ++++++++++on … Continue reading →

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WHEN THE SUN ARCS HIGH BY

Posted on September 12, 2013 by elainedanforth

While sun in sky scribes its arcing line so high, be sure to drink it in. . . We work, we play– each in our way– and it is key that we enjoy all of that now. . . for … Continue reading →

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THE TWENTY DARKEST DAYS OF THE YEAR

Posted on January 1, 2013 by elainedanforth

The twenty darkest days of the year will soon be done. What’s yet left twixt ease and us is nothing that need make us run nor hole ourselves away from. So, keep on keeping on. . . and get out … Continue reading →

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WALKING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

Posted on December 22, 2012 by elainedanforth

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil” Is this the valley? Here, where we ready ourselves to make merry? Whatever frightful valley we walk through, it’s not in spite of, … Continue reading →

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WALKING THE WALK OF THANKSGIVING

Posted on November 23, 2012 by elainedanforth

For me, walking the walk of Thanksgiving begins with a thought more for what I have got than what I have not, and then it goes on to a wondrous climb up the hills and a view that beautiful, wide … Continue reading →

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