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Monthly Archives: June 2013

50 Shades of Green

30 Sunday Jun 2013

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New post on Daughter on Duty.

“I went walking up the hill one recent morning—part of my resolve to get more exercise, which I have not repeated to date—and was entranced by all the shades of green in the vegetation. The almost black noble fir rises next to the summer green Douglas fir, and the lighter shades of each on the new-growth tips unpredictably undulate in the breeze. Deciduous trees in various stages of seasonal green cover the landscape, and grey-green ghost trees fade into the fog. …” See more.

Flora & Fawna Friday

28 Friday Jun 2013

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Return of the Crocosmia

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Mom’s Leaving, You Coming?

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Wordless Wednesday

26 Wednesday Jun 2013

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Seeking Illumination

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One Year: A retrospective

24 Monday Jun 2013

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“One year ago today my house was sold, my belongings were in storage on the other side of the country, and my 1998 Honda CRV was tuned up and packed for travel. I wrapped up my job of eleven years, blessed my friend who shared her home with me for three weeks, said goodbye to dear friends and co-workers and favorite places, put my twelve-year-old diabetic cat in the tricked-out dog crate behind the front seats of CuRVy and pulled out of Raleigh on a brilliant Sunday morning. …” see more

Morning Sentence

22 Saturday Jun 2013

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The dazzlingly brilliant
almost perigee moon
woke me in the wee hours
of the penultimate night
as it drifted over the valley
unrolling behind it
a blanket of fog
over the valley floor.

Flora & Fauna Friday

21 Friday Jun 2013

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Mama’s Honeysuckle

Mama's Honeysuckle

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Wordless Wednesday

19 Wednesday Jun 2013

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Earth Reclaims Her Own

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Morning Sentence

18 Tuesday Jun 2013

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For mornings like this
I moved across
mountain ranges
rivers
the Great Continental Divide
and the 45th parallel.

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Evening Sentence

15 Saturday Jun 2013

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June 15, 2013 on the same day

I suppose I should finish
the morning story
though I wish to God
I didn’t have more
to tell; that
the sad-eyed doe who
rested in my garden
not knowing
as the sun slanted
through the trees
that it was her last
sunrise
was seen later
in the field up the drive
a gaping wound
in her haunch;
unable to reach
wildlife control
the neighbor did
what had to be done.

Morning Sentence

15 Saturday Jun 2013

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June 15, 2013

I was only going out
to get closer to the slanting
sunbeams streaming through
fog in the trees,
one of those mornings
that makes the gray
worth it all,
when she looks up startled
from her resting place in the garden
why doesn’t she get up
her doe eyes reflect
my heart-clenching
fear of injury and visions
of animal control
and violence
I can’t do this
I can’t do this
I can’t do this,
she leaves when
I stop looking at her.

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Gretchen Staebler

Gretchen Staebler

I am a Pacific Northwest native transplanted to the southeast for 36 years. In 2012, I returned to my childhood home to live and care for my then 96-year-old mother. I am a writer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer.

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