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Monday, March 31, 2008

Having the Having



"I tie knots in the strings of my spirit
to remember."

Jack Gilbert
Refusing Heaven

2 comments:

  1. How lovely! My mom is a huge pelican fan, and now that my dad has passed away, when we go to the shore, she points them out as they fly by and says, "Dad sent them for me."

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  2. Melissa,

    I believe, as you do, that signs are sent.

    I took this photo perhaps 18 months ago, during a two-day trip to La Jolla. I can still feel the crisp chill of the ocean spray. I need the bracing of the memory today.

    b

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