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In Between

October 27, 2021April 30, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 15 Comments

It's an in-between time around here. Red, yellow, and orange leaves cover the ground and linger in the tree branches, hanging on til the next big winds. Rain alternates between torrents and sprinkles. I've just been in a "should I stay or should I go" sort of mood.

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Ordinary Things

June 27, 2021April 21, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 13 Comments

I've been mulling over the ordinary things in life: my pen and paper, cold water, the tomato and eggplant. They transform as soon as I take notice, revealing something extraordinary.

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Wordless Wednesday

April 28, 2021April 26, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 6 Comments

My week in review.... Sometimes life seems to stand still, so I'm grateful for the snapshots over the course of the week to remind me of how time passes, how things grow and change, what a beautiful world, so much hope.

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Wordless Wednesday

March 3, 2021April 25, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 5 Comments

Worms, kids, birds, and a garden. #Wordless Wednesday

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Round in Circles

January 26, 2021April 18, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 10 Comments

Here I go walking in circles again. If it's not one direction out my front door, it's the other, always in circles, round and round the neighborhood, looping past the same houses, same yards, same trees.

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The Entire Sky in a Dewdrop

June 22, 2020May 2, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 10 Comments

I read a collection of modern haikus the other day, and the words that stayed with me were Quarantine! Finding comfort! Coronavirus! Butterfly! Moon! Breeze!

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Bird Friend

June 14, 2020April 25, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 4 Comments

Today the grandkids and I buried one of the baby scrub jays that live in the tall line of arborvitae lining the upper edge of our backyard.

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Checking In

April 10, 2020April 18, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 12 Comments

What will be my Quarantine Story, what tales will I tell in five years, or 10 or 20? Will it be a story of victory or sadness, revelation or survival, entertainment or boredom, or even joy? Which stories will last, and which will be of the moment?

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Equinox Part I

October 16, 2019April 20, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 11 Comments

Usually my feelings about Fall here in the Pacific Northwest are more mixed; excited about cooler mornings, rain in the garden, digging out warm clothes while mourning the end of languid days, sleeveless shirts, warm skin, and thriving gardens. Instead, I was fighting inevitable change, a losing battle.

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A Walk at Summer’s End

August 20, 2018April 21, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 1 Comment

Looking for color in the Dog Days of summer.

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