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Fall Down On Your Knees

Posted in Personal, tagged , , , on February 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »

We are moving forward from Heidi’s death, slowly. Two steps back, half a step forward. We spent the last few days remembering her, watching movies, looking at photos and using a lot of tissues. Last night, J and I drove to a wildflower preserve out in the Columbia Gorge and we said goodbye to Heidi. [...]

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Coming Through to the Light

Posted in Personal, tagged , , , on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Beauty or Flight, by Denver Butson

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Loss

Posted in Personal, tagged , on February 25, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Nothing
Nothing sings in our bodies
like breath in a flute.
It dwells in the drum.
I hear it now
that slow beat
like when a voice said to the dark,
let there be light,
let there be ocean
and blue fish
born of nothing
and they were there.
I turn back to bed.
The man there is breathing.
I touch him
with hands already owned by another world
Look, they [...]

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The Things We Carry

Posted in Personal, tagged , , , on February 23, 2008 | 8 Comments »

So, I wasn’t going to blog about this. See my recent baggage post, but as it goes on and on, it feels deceitful somehow not to at least mention it. My former sister-in-law has been missing for two weeks as of yesterday. Heidi Anderson disappeared here in Portland on Friday afternoon, and has not returned.
All [...]

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