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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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Gimme Shelter

July 8, 2020May 2, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 12 Comments

There are cozy havens everywhere I walk... I imagine what it feels like to sit there, and think about how the changes around us compel us to make these new refuges.

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Looking Down

April 27, 2020April 25, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 2 Comments

I spent an afternoon purposefully looking down, taking in the things I take for granted in my neighborhood as I reel repeatedly, round and round. I suddenly noticed art on the ground, lines and patterns, color and texture, life at a different level. It's something new anyway, a novelty in my shrinking world.

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The First One

March 18, 2020April 19, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 7 Comments

It snowed on Saturday as the first person in our city died. It was a milestone that brought everything into relief. No going back, only forward. The first one - so much in that short phrase. Until now, no one in our city died of Coronavirus. Until now, and it won't be the last. The … Continue reading The First One

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Among the Wildflowers

May 13, 2019May 2, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 3 Comments

I spent April chasing Oregon's elusive wildflower bounty, hoping to catch the brief moment in time when tight little buds transform into fields of color.

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