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I Ate The Cosmos For Breakfast
Gratitude, perfectly expressed. Continue reading
Praying Kind
Praying Kind I’m not much for church-y praying. Especially the kind where you say somebody else’s words, expecting them to snag off you like a match dragged across the sandpaper of your particular circumstances so as to flare … Continue reading
Posted in poem
Tagged family cow, farm poem, gentle animal husbandry, grassfed beef, grassfed dairy, homesteading
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Use Till Tattered
Just past frugality there’s a sort of a Velveteen Rabbit feeling about objects worn from use. Is this something others experience or am I more odd than I realize? Continue reading
Posted in frugality, gratitude, poem, repurposing, simple living
Tagged affection for worn out things, frugality, gratitude, repurposing, simple living, Velveteen Rabbit
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What The Plants Say
Poem by Tom Hennen. Continue reading
Outdoor Photos
“You will notice that nearly every needle has been decorated with a tiny raindrop ornament. Look closely inside the drop and there you are. In color. Upside down.” Continue reading
Posted in awe, nature, poem
Tagged awe, Darkness Sticks to Everything, nature, poem, Tom Hennen
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Everything’s Lusher
A poem of awe is the best antidote. Continue reading
Posted in awe, gratitude, mindfulness, poem
Tagged awe, gratitude, Michael Lipson, mindfulness, poem
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My New Book Is Out!
A poetry collection rooted in nature, family, and stubbornly hopeful ideals. Continue reading
Tangling & Interweaving
Live a life you can endure. Continue reading
Moo Energy
Science lesson, humor, and rhyme. Plus flatus! Continue reading
Hard Frost
Hard Frost It’s there, right past the impulse to give up. It turns apples, small, pocked with holes into pie and cobbler breathing spice through the kitchen. Gathers butternut squash, turnips and beets using the worst first, putting the best … Continue reading