Happy to have little

′′ I spent more than 10 years in isolation, 7 years without any books. I had plenty of time to think about it. This is what I discovered. Either you’re happy to have little without overcharging yourself, and this happiness flows from inside you or you won’t go anywhere. Not trying to promote poverty. Promoting […]

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drifting smoke

last night, no candle burning no smoke added to the the orange air, in the dark, in the back field, cries or screams never heard before, lost animals calling family, this morning, no sunrise, no clouds, no background sky the sense of distance…a fog of ash trees, crops, villages, homes, for rabbits, deer, raccoon, bear,

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The Names

THE NAMESYesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night.A soft rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze,And when I saw the silver glaze on the windows,I started with A, with Ackerman, as it happened,Then Baxter and Calabro,Davis and Eberling, names falling into placeAs droplets fell through the dark.Names printed on the ceiling of

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thirst

last night, no candle burningno smoke added the the orange air, in the darkin the back field, cries or screamsnever heard before, lost animals calling family,this morning, no sunrise, no clouds, no background skythe sense of distance a fog of ashash of trees, crops, villages, homes,homes of rabbits, deer, racoon, bear, coyote, squirrel, birdsa dense

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Sturgis related Covid deaths

think about it…one event marketwatch.com Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota in August linked to more than 250,000 coronavirus cases, study finds The 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota in August, which drew more than 400,000 people, has now been linked to more than 250,000 coronavirus…

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theguardian.com California’s dark, orange sky is the most unnerving sight I’ve ever woken up to | Rebecca Solnit What is happening now is astonishingly worse than any previous fire season. We are in a new kind of era

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surgery sisters

By the time i think to write to you… Sally and Carol will both be out of the morphine induced calm of surgery, with new body parts, and hopefully less overall pain. “Overall pain” seems to be the operative phrase for old age. Thousands more acres of trees, towns, structures, animal homes, etc. will have

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