Peripheral Vision: A Short Journey in Poetic Prose

Peripheral Vision: A Short Journey in Poetic Prose In this post: Distractions, outrage, and cut flowers. Sometimes I write poetic prose. The thing with this type of writing is that it can mean a lot or nothing; it can be beautiful or just a weird string of words put together haphazardly. Meaning and beauty are created…

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A tiny Lemon Tree, Part II

A tiny Lemon Tree, Part II In this post: “There is no knowledge that is not power.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Society and Solitude” (1870). I love this quote, but this post is not about it. Another week starts, it feels as if it is suspended in time. There are so many things that are going…

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El Palito de Limón (A Tiny Lemon Tree)

El Palito de Limón (A Tiny Lemon Tree) In this post: A tiny story about a relentless survivor. With a little help from an unlikely friend, a small lemon tree embodies the definition of resilience. Sitting in our garden like the survivor of an unknown cataclysm, el palito de limón barely clings to life. Under…

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