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Summer Teasing – June 6, 2021

Jun 6, 2021

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Summer seems like it’s right around the corner, except when it doesn’t. Here in the Pacific Northwest, it can take some false starts before summer decides to commit and stay for a while. That makes for a range of interesting days, interesting foliage, and interesting wildlife.

Grow

May 3, 2021

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J Packer Samms

in Poetry

Today,I am reflective,On how we make assumptions,About others.How easy it is,To hate,From a distance.How hard it is,To hate,Up close.How do we nurture compassion,In such a broken world?It seems like the ground is too dry,Cracked,Infertile.Nothing grows in these conditions.How do we learn,To hold each other gently?Careful,Not to bend,Or break,The tender new growth.Is there a way,To compost,All…