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inspired by the Buddhist Monks Listen to the rain melt the icy snow Watch puddles glisten with each droplet Think about the grace of kindness compassionate listening Sunday morning yoga Roast carrots Bake corn muffins Quiet...

After ullie-kaye Manicured bushes beds of annuals backyard with a garden of green beans and tomatoes Black shutters on white frame curved cement steps leading to a wrap-around porch edged by rows of spindles I have recollections...

somber, breathless as shadows, settles again into each prayer – suggestive, the way cold and color through long winters implicate themselves miles deep into memories, or old ambitions murmur behind a tumbledown barn. From that...

Lake Superior State University has released its annual list of banished words, celebrating the 50th anniversary in 2026. This year the words are: 6-7, demure, cooked, massive, incentivize, full stop, perfect, gifted, my bad,...

folding one thousand cranes my wish is for world peace we will string them together and wrap the cross with them this Easter my vision for a way to make a difference   Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches,...

the New Year is coming I am not ready to let go of this one for this one held you for nearly half of it and yet the other half held the deepest chasm of grief I’ve known two halves same coin love and loss I am not ready to let...

I long to wake with a heart unencumbered by grief and sorrow I long to greet the day with the exuberance I once knew when you were still here I long to be the me that was me when you were still you I long to turn to you bed head...

my cat stands watch as I lie curled in a blanket on a lazy Sunday afternoon my furry citadel guarding me from the perils of the living room alert, she watches twitching her tail in vigilance as I drift off for an afternoon nap...