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Ordinary Average Thoughts

Confounding expectations since 1963

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An autumn afternoon in Seattle (a poem)

2016/11/29

Spacing out at the library after working on a copy-editing job…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged autumn, Finnish, leaves, Mercer Street, mountain, Mt. Rainier, November 2016, poem, poetry, Renton Airport, SAD, Seattle. Bookmark the permalink.

Frontispiece (A poem)

2015/11/09

A bit of stream-of-consciousness writing while watching an episode of Sleepy Hollow…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged ambiguity, autumn, Capricorn, chains, escape, feelings, gates, glow, history, hollow, lantern, leaves, looks, metamorphosis, mint, November 2015, poem, poetry, random images, shapes, stream of consciousness, type, verses, wishes. Bookmark the permalink.

After the equinox (A poem)

2015/10/13

Up too early—a bit chilly this morning…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged air, autumn, blankets, cold, leaves, October 2015, poem, poetry, rain, soil, trees, Windows. Bookmark the permalink.

Autumn festival (a poem)

2015/09/20

I hate nature poems—so of course I end up writing one (or something resembling one)…
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This entry was posted in Life, Lists, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged anticipation, autumn, commotion, energy, grounds, lawns, leaves, poem, poetry, September 2015, squirrels, trees, treetops. Bookmark the permalink.

Weird dream stuff (December 2014)

2014/12/17 — 1 Comment

I had a very strange dream last night/this morning… Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life and tagged cars, dirt, disaster, dream, driveways, earth, explosion, house, houses, leaves, lumber, trees. Bookmark the permalink.

brittle (a poem)

2014/11/20

Working from the Cat Coule poetry writing exercise at http://youtu.be/adjE0ptY0FA.

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged autumn, bridge, Cat Coule, chupacabras, exercise, Fall, football, leaves, non-sequiters, poem, poetry, prompt, Saturdays, stadium, Texas, walking. Bookmark the permalink.
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