March 2009

Who will tell our stories?

by Karoli on March 5, 2009 · 4 comments

Today a friend shared a link to The Company They Kept: Writers on Unforgettable Friendships, and mused that he wished we had such powerful writers to tell our stories. For some reason, that felt odd to me. My quizzical response back was this: Aren’t we the powerful writers? In the day of the storied writers, [...]

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A reticent flower

by Karoli on March 4, 2009 · 6 comments

(more detailed view here) "A reticent flower, A curiously clear-cut, candid flower, Standing beside clean doorways, Friendly to a house-cat and a pair of spectacles, Making poetry out of a bit of moonlight And a hundred or two sharp blossoms." – Amy Lowell, Lilacs

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spring slips in

by Karoli on March 4, 2009 · 4 comments

This is a sure sign that this cold, wet, gray winter is sliding into spring: lilacs blooming on our young tree-lings. They were planted three years ago and bloom every March right on schedule. The thing about lilacs is that one day there is one small cluster, and the next the entire tree is ablaze [...]

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