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3 months ago

in slingshot on non-breaking space
Oh yes. I love it. I'm there.
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howard Thanks. Can you relate? Sometimes accepting fact that someone just doesn't fit in your orbit is the hardest pill to swallow.

Oddly, in terms of format this one was a slight oversight. I was torn between trimming the third line to make it a strict 5-7-5 and adding a syllable to the first line to make it a 6-7-6. Either way, my intent was to make it symmetrical. Looking at it now, though, I may break with that compulsion and leave it like it is.

On second thought, I'm changing it.

5 months ago

in exchanging glances on non-breaking space
Indeed. We spend a lot of time and energy looking for ways to fill the void that non-connection leaves.

Nicely done!

5 months ago

in surviving words on non-breaking space
You would think, living in the deep south, I wouldn't have these problems! Today is the first sunny day in at least a month. I think I need to leave work early and just BE in it!
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howard That reminds me of high school, when we could convince certain
teachers to hold class outside on nicer days.
:)

5 months ago

in surviving words on non-breaking space
I feel your pain on this one. Next time the sun shines I'm running around outside naked for as long as I can get away with it! I am DYING for some Vitamin D or whatever it is I need from the sunshine! :)
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howard they say the Alaskans often turn to indoor tanning ;)

6 months ago

in at the moment of impact on non-breaking space
I did notice, also noticed your tags of "anticipation" and "closure" - the effect of the tenses and the tags being that it lets me in, a bit - but not all the way in. I know you a little better - but not a LOT better, if that makes any sense.

7 months ago

in Rocky on non-breaking space
I am so sorry.

7 months ago

in Rocky on non-breaking space
Been there - and it is sooooo hard. My prayers are with you both.
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howard Thanks Heather, though the news so far isn't great.

8 months ago

in undying (hallowe’en haiku) on non-breaking space
Love love love it!
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howard Thanks. It seems I keep looking for new ways to talk about the spiritual/physical paradigm.

8 months ago

in outstretched on non-breaking space
Is that something you feel changing?

9 months ago

in placebo on non-breaking space
Oh I know this well, Howard. Very nicely done!

9 months ago

in unlimited on non-breaking space
Oh yes. Freedom is there!! Everything is there - except me! :(
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howard The greatest freedom I've ever found was in getting lost in my own head, but this image really seemed to fit that feeling. It's a shot from a boat I was out on this past weekend.

We only went about ten or so miles out off the Jersey coast, which is probably the first time in my life I've ever lost sight of land from a boat. It was like a whole other world.

10 months ago

in missed opportunity 100 on non-breaking space
I love this - sad, honest, clever

H
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howard well, at least partially honest ;)

I try not to be completely autobiographical online. One should never let reality get in the way of poetry.

10 months ago

in big picture on non-breaking space
I was just saying this morning that I wanted to become a bee keeper - save the honeybee, save the world.

Beautiful!
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howard I think the honey bee dilemma is a near perfect illustration for what I was trying to write, though there are probably a million other suitable analogies. In short, I started off on this one just thinking about how a few missing pieces can affect a whole gigantic jigsaw puzzle.

10 months ago

in tines on non-breaking space
I think chances not taken ARE my biggest regret.
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howard For me, some of them are, and they tend to be the ones I remember.

10 months ago

in invisibly bound on non-breaking space
REALLY!! Wish it had been written about me! :-)
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howard It actually wasn't inspired by anyone in particular, so if you'd like to claim it, I could say it was you ;)

10 months ago

in invisibly bound on non-breaking space
I love this with all my heart!

11 months ago

in looking forward to looking back on non-breaking space
You look like Tarzan! :)

Adorable!

11 months ago

in throwaway lines on non-breaking space
I know that doesn't make it hurt any less, but yes. Rarely intentional.

11 months ago

in throwaway lines on non-breaking space
Wow.

I see myself. I see a lot of women.

We don't mean to hurt you when we do that.

1 year ago

in rings on non-breaking space
Happy Birthday, Howard!!

Such a beautiful philosophy, and it's lovely to know someone who is seeking, as I am.

Blessings

H

1 year ago

in neat suburban boxes on non-breaking space
You know (I think!) from reading my blog that I believe in a very personal relationship with God. I think everything is possible and everything is probable!

H

1 year ago

in neat suburban boxes on non-breaking space
Or was he one of those angels we hear about - testing our compassion?

Very well written! You took me there - wonderful!

H

1 year ago

in strange economics on non-breaking space
As usual, statistics telling the part of the story that the teller wants you to hear.

There is a perverse poetry in listening to someone twist numbers.

It's harder to twist people, and their stories. That is the truth that matters to me.

Why doesn't it matter to our "leaders?"

Just some random thoughts.

H

1 year ago

in intangibles on non-breaking space
I think because happiness can't be bought, or seen, or held in one's hand, we try to find things to stand in for happiness. Money works great for that! So do cars, big houses, decadent vacations, and beauty.

In the end, people get really tired of hearing that happiness can't be bought, or pursued, or seen. It can be chosen (happiness as choice???? Must blog about that one), it can be felt, it can radiate from the things one does to make the world a better place.

That's hard to use to impress the Joneses.

But it is far, far easier to sleep with at night.

Heather

1 year ago

in look out on non-breaking space
Charity, and all the rest of it, begin at home. I think it IS fitting.

H
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