The Big Blow
/If we can’t overcome…
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There are gaps in the tree-line where six tall trees once blocked the sky. The storms of spring knocked them down. I’ve watched…
By K. L. Shipley
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Ramblin' Round
/Nobody knows what’s …
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Don’t we all? The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. The groundhog surveys my backyard for exactly the same reason. The birds on the deck are glad to have discovered the delicious seeds somebody foolishly …
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreExcept for the Hatching Part
/Churr & Click spent their days in …
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Churrr was Chickadee. Click was Sparrow. They had been friends since fledging last spring. No one approved of their friendship but them. Churrr’s father thought her friendship with a Sparrow indecent. Click’s father thought it foolish. Their mothers…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreYou don't Know…
/The phrase, “Nobody cares…
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You can’t. No one can. No matter how sympathetic, or empathetic, you may be to someone else’s pain, you can’t feel it. The nervous system only works for…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreLocal Fauna
/Local flora grow as they will.
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Too often overlooked because of their undemanding ways. Local flora wait demurely like wallflowers never asked to dance, while exotic flora flirt…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreCold Coffee and Ginger Snaps
/When there's nothing left to adore.
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Yes, it’s come to that.
When this cup is drunk…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreSquirrel Breakfasts Alone
/I vow to together, apart.
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Another quiet morning. I sit with my coffee and look through the window. Outside I see Squirrel sitting on her balcony, thoughtfully chewing on …
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreA Gentle Rain
/Not all fun need be frenetic.
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A tranquil pattering on the leaves, ozone breathing through the screen, thunder rumbling far away, and balmy breeze casting grace ….
By K. L. Shipley
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