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Interlaced
This has been a ‘people’ week, trying to reach friends by phone or email, to stay in touch, spend time with family and friends … INTERLACED I’ve been tying shoelaces together all week in and out of the house on … Continue reading
Posted in family, friends, poem, relationship
Tagged connecting, email, family, phone, poem, relationships
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Lost
It’s Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, and Saint Valentine’s Day today, February 14. The latter started as a Western Christian liturgical feast day honouring an early saint named Valentinus. It’s not a public holiday but it’s a big celebration … Continue reading
Posted in poem, relationship, Valentine's Day
Tagged home, love, poem, relationships, season, Valentine's Day
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Keep Friendship
The title of this poem is from Boswell’s Life of Dr. Johnson, v.1, p.182. I find it a constant reminder of how I should keep in touch with friends old and new. Sometimes it’s difficult due to lack of time, … Continue reading
Posted in friends, friendship, people, phone, poetry, relationship
Tagged email, letters, love, phone, poem, relationships, text
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The Most Essential Thing
The title of this poem is a quote from Sir William Osler, a Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. And friends are the glue of life; they hold us together when things go … Continue reading
Posted in friendship, listening, people, poem, relationship
Tagged coffee, friends, love, memory, poem, relationships, relaxation, sharing, sunrise, text, theatre
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Joyous Day
It was a truly wonderful wedding day: family, close friends, joy and delight all round. So happy for them. And, because they’re marathoners, tri-athletes, here’s for them … A JOYOUS DAY stride down the skies in quick-march-time slide across lakes … Continue reading
Posted in forever, marathon, poem, relationship, Thanksgiving, wedding
Tagged bikes, friends, future, love, marathon, poem, relationships, running, swimming, wedding
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Looking for Wilson Tom
Sometimes I hear of people but never meet them, never shake their hand or talk to them. Their name comes up in conversation but their face remains unknown. And then they disappear from conversation, completely. I suppose this happens to … Continue reading
Posted in listening, music, poetry, relationship, street people
Tagged jazz, lost, music, poetry, relationships, street, street people
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Knitted Family
I was visiting an elderly friend a while ago and became fascinated as she knitted without watching her fingers, and talked. Our conversation wandered through family … ordinary everyday things. It was comfortable and curiously comforting … A A KNITTED … Continue reading
Posted in children, family, knitting, poetry, relationship
Tagged children, conversation, family, knitting, poetry, relationships, story
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Both Ways
Valentine’s Day: the story is that St. Valentine was imprisoned for performing weddings for Roman soldiers, who weren’t allowed to marry, and for looking after Christians. It’s believed that he healed his jailer’s daughter while he was in prison and … Continue reading
Posted in love, poetry, relationship, Valentine's Day
Tagged almonds, love, poetry, relationships, Valentine's Day
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