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I have a tender heart
You must know this. It is only when his heart beats softly in my ear. It is only when the silence can settle in like a warm fog between and around us. It is only when the street sounds below … Continue reading
Dreaming a Highway
The epic folk song is still alive. I listened to the entire song (Gillian Welch – I Dream a Highway – 15 minutes well spent) for the first time all the way through on the float plane from Victoria to … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged counseling, depression, divorce, folk music, Gillian Welch, guitar, love, marriage, Relationships
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Antidate
I don’t date anymore. So sorry to disappoint, but after that last break up in January, I’m just done. Lots of reasons for this: Dating is so — frought. Dating means marketing oneself as a potential life partner. You ask, … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged alone, dating, dealbreakers, love, Relationships, showstoppers
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Laundry Day
by Muse Blowing off a rainy hill workout to sit at the laundromat. A group of runners trots past, headlamps bobbing in the winter evening’s darkness. <<Guilt>> OK, that passed quickly. Hey maybe this is a good place to meet … Continue reading
Tagged dating, laundry, love, rain, Relationships, Running, single
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Bag of Potatoes
True intimacy doesn’t come easily to someone who hasn’t experienced much of it herself. If pain and loss and unfilled need is the basis of an existence then no amount of giving is going to be enough. Still the cool … Continue reading
Moon Roof
Don’t worry over what has gone on before love. My world starts with you. Whatever mistakes we had to make, hearts we had to break, regrets we had to reconcile have already been folded into this abundant gorgeous life we … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged love, moon roof, Relationships, stars, Stephan's Quintet
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Cougars are carnivores
by: Muse She always hated being called a cougar – just because she had a couple of younger boyfriends doesn’t meanshe wanted to devour them, and she never, ever went to clubs to find them, take them home and discard them in the … Continue reading
Tagged dating, love, Relationships, Running
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I speak. I flow. I am.
Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you ring, what batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth … Continue reading
Things I want to do before I die, including things I've done already
Running a marathon is on my list of Things to Do Before I Die. As I approach race day, although I am focused on that goal, I’m also thinking of the other things I want to do in my life. … Continue reading
Posted in Running
Tagged Climbing, love, marathon, motivation, passion, Relationships, Rockies, Running, single, training
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Duck Duck Goose
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkZcsEL0afY] The old adage holds: if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, but calls itself a goose, it’s still a duck. Sometimes I wish I were 10 years old again
