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Nov 8, 2018
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Blue Whispers The ocean breathes. If you are patient and watch long enough, you will discover the long, slow inhalations. She draws back, centers herself, while the memory of her reach, in white foam, reveals the limit of her lungs. There is a singular moment, a crest of change, a shift in concentration, when the deepening release builds where she draws herself up and lets go, pulsing back to shore she exhales and eternity rushes to

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Dec 16, 2017
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True North We are not only stars, love, but the very earth spinning beneath our feet. The young, sharp-edged, glacial peaks, the humble nursery of oak and mushroom, moss and lichen, where humans neglect to tread. It’s true, these atoms of ours navigate the light-pricked, indigo sky, strewn by gods and goddesses, triangulated by stories of ancient myth. Their heroes and monsters hold the course for Homer, Cook and all those in-between, as ships turn wheel and rudder, ar

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Dec 16, 2017
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True North We are not only stars, love, but the very earth spinning beneath our feet. The young, sharp-edged, glacial peaks, the humble nursery of oak and mushroom, moss and lichen, where humans neglect to tread. It’s true, these atoms of ours navigate the light-pricked, indigo sky, strewn by gods and goddesses, triangulated by stories of ancient myth. Their heroes and monsters hold the course for Homer, Cook and all those in-between, as ships turn wheel and rudder, ar

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Dec 3, 2017
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Niobe Extinguish this need, dear one. Let the wounds heal and the saints see to this ache. Pray the Rosary five times that my Tower will not shatter to ashes, but be a lamp, a lighthouse fracturing the night, signaling the sin-weary home. Tantalus taught me well, how to yearn, but not how to heal. But still, I can warn them away. Feel the soft wake of drowning water at your feet. In the dim, eternal Acheron, a loaded boat slips past. Where is the shinin

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Dec 3, 2017
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Niobe Extinguish this need, dear one. Let the wounds heal and the saints see to this ache. Pray the Rosary five times that my Tower will not shatter to ashes, but be a lamp, a lighthouse fracturing the night, signaling the sin-weary home. Tantalus taught me well, how to yearn, but not how to heal. But still, I can warn them away. Feel the soft wake of drowning water at your feet. In the dim, eternal Acheron, a loaded boat slips past. Where is the shinin

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Dec 12, 2016
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WA IS WATER: An Intimate Portrait is finally here! My book launch at B-Sharp Coffee House was a success and we sold out of all copies and left with orders for more. It’s been an incredible two year journey. I’m so grateful to all those who helped and for the Tacoma Arts Commission support of local artists. I hope you enjoy the book! Purchase an eBook for $3.99. #TAIP #facts #DryFalls #Water #TacomaArtsCommision #chushcoff #washington #waterfalls #EasternWashington #drought #j

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Dec 12, 2016
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WA IS WATER: An Intimate Portrait is finally here! My book launch at B-Sharp Coffee House was a success and we sold out of all copies and left with orders for more. It’s been an incredible two year journey. I’m so grateful to all those who helped and for the Tacoma Arts Commission support of local artists. I hope you enjoy the book! Purchase an eBook for $3.99. #TAIP #facts #DryFalls #Water #TacomaArtsCommision #chushcoff #washington #waterfalls #EasternWashington #drought #j

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Nov 10, 2015
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Dry There is a whisper on the wind a herald autumn’s coming! The drip-drip dew downspout says thank goodness since the drought has done us in. The garden’s full of crisp, brown leaves copper needles, so many thirsty throats. (The August Poetry Postcard Project was initiated by Paul Nelson of Seattle, WA. It challenges poets to write a poem a day in one go with no revisions on a postcard. Afterwards, the postcard is mailed to other participants. This is my second year and I ha

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Nov 10, 2015
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Dry There is a whisper on the wind a herald autumn’s coming! The drip-drip dew downspout says thank goodness since the drought has done us in. The garden’s full of crisp, brown leaves copper needles, so many thirsty throats. (The August Poetry Postcard Project was initiated by Paul Nelson of Seattle, WA. It challenges poets to write a poem a day in one go with no revisions on a postcard. Afterwards, the postcard is mailed to other participants. This is my second year and I ha

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Nov 6, 2015
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Squint My windows face west and sunsets never disappoint, but sometimes I long for shadows soft and lean between us some dappled shade. I hunt cool garden corners when our summer sun dips behind the shaggy rainforest mountains at 10PM. (The August Poetry Postcard Project was initiated by Paul Nelson of Seattle, WA. It challenges poets to write a poem a day in one go with no revisions on a postcard. Afterwards, the postcard is mailed to other participants. This is my secon

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Nov 6, 2015
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Squint My windows face west and sunsets never disappoint, but sometimes I long for shadows soft and lean between us some dappled shade. I hunt cool garden corners when our summer sun dips behind the shaggy rainforest mountains at 10PM. (The August Poetry Postcard Project was initiated by Paul Nelson of Seattle, WA. It challenges poets to write a poem a day in one go with no revisions on a postcard. Afterwards, the postcard is mailed to other participants. This is my secon

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Nov 19, 2014
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One gift – twice the giving. I’m making a handful of these little glass worlds for the holidays and donating half of all proceeds to the Tacoma Rescue Mission. Shipping is 1.99. If you live in the Tacoma/Gig Harbor area, and want to save on shipping, we can arrange a pickup. Ingredients: ceramic animals, glass globes/drop, bottle brush trees, “snow,” hand gathered lichen and moss mounted to a wood slice. Approx. 4" X 3" Autumn’s End Shop #snow #bunny #bottlebrushtrees #deer #