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Through the Window

Posted on February 10, 2019 by

  I exercise in front of our west facing windows.  Through one window a pair  of oak trees stand on top of a hill. The trees say I must speak for them. When California burned and smoked the air, I … Continue reading →

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Dying Green-The beginning of an irreverent series on growing old

Posted on September 4, 2018 by

Dying Green Should be a serious event. Unexpectedly, It isn’t Yesterday we bought a plot For my spouse Right next to me On a hill overlooking A meadow shouting green And a forest singing wind. This morning he says, “You … Continue reading →

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Iphoneography-A Gift of Being Slow

Posted on July 14, 2018 by

While my spouse throws balls for our busy herder, I walk around the park and enjoy the gifts that nature creates for my phone handy camera. Early Spring and Cow Talk Late Spring-A Tree Frames a Meadow  

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Hana Rain

Posted on May 16, 2018 by

Purple skies at moonrise Plum near to dark Rain clear floating  Grapes on water Drenched in laughter Walk to room through New sprung rivers In Hana nothing matters But green rioting all day Weather that paints the sky And love, … Continue reading →

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The Long Lapse or How an Imagination Took a Leave of Absence

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

Several things made my imagination go awry.  At the beginning of the lapse, my mind was consumed by the events that seemed to have America on a strange and sliding path.   I felt I had a front row seat … Continue reading →

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An Emu Laying in the Grass

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

an Emu laying in the grass   Gives his weight to the earth his body lies on the soft green grass of spring it is this complete giving of himself: to the moment, the grass the just born spring that … Continue reading →

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Hana Sunrise

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

Hana meditation Birds an expansion Of sound Breeze saturates Your skin      a calm Hana morning Janice DeRuiter Eskridge 2017

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An Interrupted Journey

Posted on January 10, 2017 by

Life traveled on in its normal daily path until one day it didn’t.  One minute I was in the emergency room for abdominal pain.  The next minute I had surgery.  I woke up in a hospital room a few days … Continue reading →

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Bay Bridge Oakland to San Franciso and Back Again-A Study through the Windshield

Posted on August 20, 2016 by

September float in air inside a suspended tent except   the old bridge diminished yet it anchors travelers to earth Shot with an  iphone 4s afternoon shadows lead us back wind clear air creates a fairy path over the bay … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two RV Trips-Trip #2-A Class C Motorhome

Posted on June 12, 2016 by

Much time has passed since I posted the first tale.  This trip was taken in April.  Like the first it began with visiting family.  We then took off on our own with a trip up HWY 70 to Twain, CA … Continue reading →

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