Posts by Sandy
Sounds of Summer
Overwhelm
Parking Lot Ponderings
I pulled my van into a favorite spot; the parking lot of a nearby church. I come here often to read or write or just to get out of the house.
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Sweet Repose
If each day’s ending could be like this
I’d stay outside forever, Lord.
To feel the air against my skin,
Sublimely perfect in its warmth.
To watch the floating dandelion orb
Bounce carefree across the grass.
Reverence
The Lesson of the Windy Day
I sit and watch the river rush hastily between its banks,
propelled by a northwest wind.
Standing watch nearby the tall, thin pines sway erratically,
like a bouquet of peacock feathers,
while above the sun shines down its light,
barely warming winter’s bite.
Habits
Community
The Myth Of Happiness
Waves rumbled and crashed at the shoreline. Birds like silent gliders rode the air currents above, squawking loudly. The shell-studded sand stretched before me littered with treasures the sea had given up. I walked among and around them, too caught up in my mental preoccupation to notice their unique beauty. I’d walked for…
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