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The other annual light-in-darkness poem

With affectionate thanks to the Fae group on Ravelry. This year, the night is roiling, Black layered over deeper dark Until my path ahead became impossible to see. My candle guttered, Too small to light the way. Then I turned … Continue reading

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the annual light poem

Not so light this year, since Oolong wormed her way through this one. Sleep, little one, in the year’s dark turning, Safe now from illness and pain, Gleam of your eyes in our candles burning, Raises the memory again. Oolong, … Continue reading

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the other Chanukah poem

This is more what I wanted to say this year, though I’m not sure it’s as good a poem. I may still tinker with it. Some darkness is only the absence of light Sacred, cyclical Clean and empty Time to … Continue reading

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this year’s Chanukah poem

I may add another poem, if I can write one – I still want to say something less about Chanukah in specific and more about kindling light in darkness in a more general way. I light this candle as I … Continue reading

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annual Chanukah poems

Getting ready to head out to the lake house for the holiday; Ted gets back from Korea today, then we’ll drive up tomorrow. I’ll work from home next week (the real home of my heart, not just the place I … Continue reading

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too bad Chanukah is very late this year

Because I’m feeling the need for those small lights in the darkness that send a message two thousand years old: “You did your worst, but we’re still here.” Diwali has come and gone – any light it left behind has … Continue reading

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the time before fear – and a very modern annoyance

The notes app I’ve been using for years, since I got my first iPhone, Fliq Notes does not seem to be playing well with iOS 10 – and as far as I can tell, they’re not supporting it for iPhones … Continue reading

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never assume you know it all

Sparked by a discussion on Ravelry’s “This is What a Feminist Knits Like” Forum: Baba Yaga Meets the Mansplainer So, you know all of the stories about me; Tales of my long nose and my skinny knees and my house … Continue reading

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Chanukah poem – peace in contradiction

I think this year’s Chanukah poem came out a little more bellicose than I was intending, so may need some explanation. I don’t actually mind may of the ways that Chanukah has grown due to being close to Christmas, because … Continue reading

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The Unmistakeable Scent of Approaching Autumn

Leaves about to fall; snow still a thousand miles off but coming closer

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