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the world for a little longer

Posted on Oct 25th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

A friend recently gave me a copy of Louise Gluck's book of poetry A Village Life. I have had mixed feelings about her poems in the past but I love these. She creates a simple,... More »

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What type of weather are you wishing for today?

Posted on Mar 1st, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Just the weather that's here now. The sky is a sheet of solid white and Sharptop is obscured completely. It's snowing lightly. A little while ago it was a cold mix of sleet and snow and... More »

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This Quiet Day

Posted on Jan 4th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

I love this poem. I pulled it from Roger Housden's wonderful anthology Dancing with Joy: 99 Poems. His collections are marvelous. Mind Wanting More Only a beige slat of sun above the horizon, like a... More »

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servants to the ocean

Posted on Nov 1st, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Birds Nesting Near the Ocean Soul, if you want to learn secrets, your heart must forget about shame and dignity. You are God's lover, yet you worry what people are saying. The rope belt the... More »

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an interview with Peter Matthiessen

Posted on Jul 27th, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

from the Charlie Rose show. I bought Shadow Country recently. don't know when I'll have time to read it but I really want to. Matthiessen is a hero of mine. http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/05/27/1/a-conversation-with-author-peter-matthiessen

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twice

Posted on Jul 2nd, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

I was once given advice by an Indian who was very much worried about my preoccupation with words. "You must learn to look at the world twice," he told me as I sat on the... More »

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Joan's blossoms

Posted on Apr 19th, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

My dad has been married to my stepmother Joan for 25 years now. She loves to spend time moving earth around and planting everything from boxwood to Siberian irises to rosemary in it. Gardening and... More »

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Good Tidings

Posted on Dec 8th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares... More »

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waiting

Posted on Dec 2nd, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. --Eden Philpotts (i found this on the gratefulness.org website; it's from their thought of the day, which comes to me... More »

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Adam Zagajewski

Posted on Nov 15th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

                                            Late Feast          Evening, the edge of the city, a whole day of void, then all at once the late feast: the Sanskrit of dusk that speaks in a glowing tongue of joy. High overhead... More »

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