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Archive for October, 2006

And what lies between us…

Situated between the house and the barn, sitting closer to the house and within clear view from the kitchen window, is my Thyme Garden.  Planted within the wooden frame are several different species of the Thyme plant:  English Thyme, Wooly Thyme, Lemon Thyme, Varigated Thyme, Golden Thyme, and Creeping Thyme.  Some of the plants are [...]

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View from the house

        

O Holy Redbarn,
You sit so securely in the back yard,
solid, stable, unpretentious, yet inviting.
Your walls aged yet strong,
connecting roof and dirt floor,
calling me to be literally grounded.  

You who invite me into your midst
provide shelter with your 80-year-guarantee white metal roof,
a covering that protects from snow and rain, wind and heat,
a roof like the covering [...]

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View from the barn

                                       
Hello there, and welcome! 
I sit about 100 feet from the house, observing through my windows the comings and goings of the folk who live there.  I’m especially interested in the Alchemist – the one who seems driven to take the common and transform it to something precious or sacred.  She ponders this alot, and often.  [...]

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