Tag Archives: Plan

HIGH AND LOW ON A NOVEMBER SATURDAY

Posted on November 20, 2021 by elainedanforth

November Saturday. . .music to playan instrumentand things to dobut wondering whatwas meantby and for this day. . . a clear blue skyshatteringly brightthe for-now restored flowof the for-years-thirsty creek below, and above,a bevy of scrub jayshere and there,yack and … Continue reading →

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THE MOMENT OF NAVIGATION

Posted on December 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

Observe and wait. Cheer and spectate. There’s much to learn and so much fun in all that stuff that you have done, in your time lived in that crate. But, what would follow if, for a change, you’d navigate around … Continue reading →

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WANTING AND WILLING

Posted on April 3, 2016 by elainedanforth

To want. . . To be willing. . . It is one thing to want to be big-heady– perhaps as smart as was old Kant– but first, you must be ready to leave behind the well-worn rabbit holes you haunt. … Continue reading →

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WORTH YOUR SALT

Posted on December 1, 2015 by elainedanforth

Know what is worth a lot to you. . . Then do what you will have to do to get it. . . But if the cost is more than your own store or family makes, still stay to your … Continue reading →

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TRY TO DO A THING THAT’S REALLY BIG

Posted on July 17, 2015 by elainedanforth

Try to do a thing that’s really big– then the music starts to stir, aberrant, as for some diabolically deterrent, accelerated jig. . . . And you sense prevailing, swift air currents that may well prove they’re so resistant you … Continue reading →

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YOU AND THE UNEXPECTED

Posted on September 19, 2014 by elainedanforth

The Unexpected pops up all the time, but often it is so routine there fires not even one neuron that’s ever started or has stopped for it, or upon it much reflected. . . Still, even when the future feels … Continue reading →

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NOW IS THE TIME

Posted on May 7, 2014 by elainedanforth

Now is the time. . . but what of the space that’s layered with grime? and what of the grief whose final knell still aches to chime? what of the needs that never connected with the supplies with which, by … Continue reading →

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LIFE’S PLAN

Posted on January 3, 2014 by elainedanforth

How many deaths? How many deaths do we have to die, while we live in our one earthly body? We begin as a cell, and before we can blink, we’re not nearly so small, and must shuck off each shell, … Continue reading →

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