Tag Archives: Walking

PASSERS BY ON A FRESH AIR, BLUE, SUNNY DAY

Posted on September 26, 2020 by elainedanforth

While I’m walkingon a fresh air,blue sky,sunny day,a woman wavesand warmly says, “Hi!”and seems for sure,despite my maskand my man’sto recognize us,to recognize me. . . I squint,and I look,and I think,“Aha! It is she!” I wave backand tentatively,I call … Continue reading →

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I’LL LET NOT DUSK

Posted on October 26, 2018 by elainedanforth

I’ll not let dusk leave me here in the dust. Nor fall, the steep descent of autumn. I’ll pry the stubborn, creaky door, with late day sun my eye to bless, and I’ll break out and put my feet smarts … Continue reading →

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RED AND GREEN AND BROWN AND GOLD

Posted on September 5, 2018 by elainedanforth

There is the red and green and brown and gold, fall shrinking leaves, which people beautifully that pair of Western Redbush trees that, catching slanting autumn light, shone from behind, do kiss my eyes. . . These trees I see … Continue reading →

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THURSDAY 30

Posted on August 31, 2018 by elainedanforth

The square says 30, it’s a Thursday, outside it’s pretty. . . the music felt on earth, in sky and sun and air, in swinging arms and striding legs, singing reflex kept quite calmly, quietly in check, a peaceful break … Continue reading →

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WHAT WERE THOSE WORDS UNKIND AND TRITE?

Posted on March 17, 2018 by elainedanforth

What were those words, unkind, and trite? The ones that picked and pricked to bring your every single flaw to light. The ones that hurt but somehow dug a deep deep hole and put that nonsense into you. . . … Continue reading →

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MORNING WALK IN COOL CREEK SHADE

Posted on July 8, 2017 by elainedanforth

Morning walk in cool creek shade amused by pups that on me wish to hop, a neighbor met, a pleasant talk. . . That done and said, the day’s bright path toward higher ground, forth right from here is amply … Continue reading →

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SEIZE THE SATURDAY

Posted on March 18, 2017 by elainedanforth

Saturday– a time to seize a gladder day. . . So rub your eyes, and let out groans as well as weary yawns and sighs, and stretch your sleepy head to toes awake, get in your groove. . . And … Continue reading →

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THE MOMENT OF NAVIGATION

Posted on December 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

Observe and wait. Cheer and spectate. There’s much to learn and so much fun in all that stuff that you have done, in your time lived in that crate. But, what would follow if, for a change, you’d navigate around … Continue reading →

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THE INVITATION

Posted on December 23, 2016 by elainedanforth

It’s enow to make you fit and start as if hit by cupid’s dart, when someone begs you from the heart, “Please stay.” You don’t yet know exactly how or understand the way. But it’s a game that sights the … Continue reading →

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BE WHATEVER AGE YOU ARE

Posted on November 11, 2016 by elainedanforth

Be whatever age you are. Each merits its own joy and pain; its crawls, its steps, its leaps its ease its strain. . . At each natural pinnacle and erected fortress turret, a different mode and mood you move to … Continue reading →

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