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"Our world is a voice, a sob, a few holy words." --E. Jabes

The rain makes the most delicate lace.

"Give me your eyes and the separate shall be one." --E. Jabes

"The flower rejects any word which dulls its color." --E. Jabes

I am too small to be wild. Perhaps I am a dove,
born a small while in this coat of thieves. 
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A friend sat on a bench near the sea to eat lunch. A different woman walked past, smoking a cigarette. Reaching the boardwalk, she flicked her cigarette up in an arch. A seagull swooped down and caught it, then circled around puffing and puffing away.

Who knew!
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"A smile is a streak of light and liberty." --E. Jabes

* Wendell Berry Essay wise and pertaining (found here)
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I hope you are all well. That is a little brown fox who visits--the size of a house cat. I feel I could go out and put a flea collar on that beautiful fur and pretend to domesticate. Bad idea. But...

"I want to repeat the words "I love you" until they become spirit." --Helene Cixous

Peace to all who enter here, there and everywhere.