Tag Archives: hope

sunset wave dance…

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

At the Costa Rican border I was picked up by a friend. He asked me exactly what it was I wanted. Again I fussed over options, volcanoes, cloud forests, the things the guidebook says I must see and do. But … Continue reading →

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cracked earth and moonshine…

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Last night as I lay awake thinking a bit too much, some words written nearly a decade ago came back to speak to me: I will not write, or weep, or live a cliché. Mine is the portrait of the … Continue reading →

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winter blues…

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

For the last few days storms have battered the hills. The river broke its’ banks, spilling angry torrents of froth and foam up over the peaceful fields I like to wander. Something wordless wild flies in the wind, hurling up … Continue reading →

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the slum, the rock and the rat…

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

I am out walking again. The streets stream with red and green flags, flutter-flying thanks for the country’s liberation, the beginning of an end to oppression. The mosques disgorge the Friday faithful into the dusty afternoon in waves of flip flops. The … Continue reading →

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tell me your story…

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

Bangladesh II 175 Continue reading →

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other people’s stories…

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

There are times when I am out of strength, out of words, out of heart. I just want to give up on everything, opt out.

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4am….

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

The runners were there again in the night pounding a path through my sleep and yanking me back into the hot dark room, the net. I stared up the ceiling criss-crossed with bars of black and waited to sink back … Continue reading →

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just a hop over the hedge…

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

Sleep abandoned me at about 3am. I fussed, fretted, played solitaire, rolled, wriggled and then suddenly thought of getting up to see the sun rise. Often I think of going out exploring when I wake in the night,  but the … Continue reading →

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having a little faith..

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

Its a good/bad day. I’m sticking with my grab-life-by-the-goolies battle plan but the dog has thrown up in my bed and that never makes for a good start! Something is shifting in my grief. Suddenly I’m a little restless, a … Continue reading →

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a lightbulb in the darkness…

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

I don’t know about you but I am kind of fed up with all of this doom and gloom. Reading back and imagining what it must be like for someone else to read this, it occurs to me that I … Continue reading →

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