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World Is Crazier and More of It Than We Think
World Is Crazier and More of It Than We Think
Memoir, PoetryCyn CarboneMarch 20, 2026Louis Macneice, poems, memories, birthdaysComment
Nevertheless
Nevertheless
Commentary, Finding Hope, MemoirCyn CarboneMarch 15, 2026memoir, Santa Barbara, walks, commentary, Robert Hubbell, hopeComment
The Wishing Tree
The Wishing Tree
Finding Hope, Memoir, FriendsCyn CarboneMarch 6, 2026hope, community, friends, David White, poetryComment
Twenty-Six Cents
Twenty-Six Cents
Memoir, Small PleasuresCyn CarboneMarch 1, 2026memoir, getting old, walks, The Correspondent, J. Alfred Prufrock, E.B. White, nostalgiaComment
A Storm
A Storm
Finding Hope, Memoir, PoetryCyn CarboneFebruary 22, 2026Naomi Shihab Nye, Wendell Berry, George Saunders, worry, searching for meaning, memoir, memories, insomnia, wisdomComment
Head In The Clouds
Head In The Clouds
Finding Hope, Memoir, Family HistoryCyn CarboneFebruary 8, 2026memoir, my father, Mary Oliver, blessings, gratifudeComment
Portals
Portals
Finding Hope, MemoirCyn CarboneFebruary 2, 2026memoir, Groundhog Day, hope, protest, musicComment
Happiness (A Re-Run)
Happiness (A Re-Run)
MemoirCyn CarboneJanuary 18, 2026memoir, books, Niall Williams, Happiness Comment
Pollyanna
Pollyanna
Memoir, Finding Hope, Commentary, FriendsCyn CarboneJanuary 11, 2026Rebecca Solnit, Tolkien, protests, hopeComment
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Lines and reflections Fog at play. A hike with friends...foolproof remedy for the blues. We’re fortified now. A storied old house: “Outdoors the wind./Indoors the locked heart and the lost key.” (Louis Macniece) We ran into a skeleton, a miniature mule, and Milly today. I’m obsessed. Can you blame me?! Looking out towards Gaviota Peak the fog considers a comeback Ranch roads on this late summer morning... red vein veterinary lesson best kind of welcome Well, THIS was unexpected. And this is how we are getting to know the infinitely fascinating and oh-so-faraway Felix...sigh. When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don't stand still and look around On all the hills I haven't hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in th In a dark time the eye begins to see (Roethke) a walk adorned by swirls of fog The shy return of clouds.
“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
— Mary Oliver
 

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