Tag: living
member name: jessie voigts
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June 19, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
i miss you all, dear gather friends! i've been trying to keep up with my groups and that's about the extent of my gathering. but, i've resolved to jump back in as time allows.
so, what's . . .
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June 17, 2006 11:15 AM EDT --
{10 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
life is crazy.
my parents have a hobby farm. there is so much to do there that you could work all the time and never rest and still never be done. . . .
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December 05, 2006 11:39 AM EST --
this past weekend, we were at my parents house. they live in an area with a lot of snow - lake effect, from lake michigan. it was gorgeous, white, and fluffy - the perfect way to kick off december! lillie . . .
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November 28, 2007 12:29 AM EST --
perseverance:
steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). . . .
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May 08, 2006 10:45 PM EDT --
i have been told that i don't look sick. in the disability community, sometimes that is termed "passing" - as in trying to pass as an able bodied person. it isn't my fault, per se. i . . .
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May 31, 2006 09:21 PM EDT --
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anyone living with a little kid knows that within any 24-hour period, there are many ups and downs. overall, lillie is an extremely happy child, for which . . .
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June 07, 2006 07:44 PM EDT --
when we were kayaking last night, i noticed that there are an awful lot of used tires being used in a new way. growing up on a farm, we had some uses for old tires - tire swings . . .
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May 16, 2006 10:10 PM EDT --
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thanks to candida's healing garden for the inspiration
today is the 19th anniversary of my skateboarding accident. i've talked about it before, . . .
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April 25, 2006 11:42 AM EDT --
yesterday, we painted outside. such fun.
i watered down some of her washable tempera paints (red, blue, and we made green). we prepared the paper by weighting it down at the edges so it wouldn't . . .
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June 25, 2006 09:43 PM EDT --
rarely do we play on the road-side of our house. we're always by the lake. of course! who wouldn't choose to be by water? still, lillie wants to ride her bike on the road sometimes. her bike is . . .
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August 29, 2006 04:56 PM EDT --
sometimes,
in passages of
dense fog
excruciating pain
. . .
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September 01, 2006 03:34 PM EDT --
the end of summer seems to be upon us quickly this year. last year, we were swimming until october. this year, we've not been swimming for a few weeks. the water is really cold!
it's been so windy . . .
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September 01, 2006 11:13 PM EDT --
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as is often the case, the articles that i read on gather stay with me for a long time. i think of candida's husband's cancer and how their whole family . . .
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September 13, 2006 12:01 PM EDT --
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when i think of the beauty of the change of seasons, i think of gorgeous orange yellow red fall leaves, the first fat snowflakes drifting down, tiny crocuses . . .
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September 27, 2006 09:23 PM EDT --
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fall is here, and we're drinking fresh-pressed apple cider (not that clear juice junk they sell in grocery stores all year around, but the yummy mahogany . . .
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October 16, 2006 01:03 PM EDT --
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we've had a hectic month, with a week-long trip to ohio for a funeral chock in the middle. what i missed most about being away from home was the . . .
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October 22, 2006 11:42 PM EDT --
this is for john f. walter, a dear friend, fellow writer, and comrade in pain.
hope
no pain meds, they say. whether from bodily intolerance, or doctoral ignorance, the result is the same.
seconds . . .
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December 08, 2006 09:42 AM EST --
awaken early
no reason? just the sunrise
calling me to come now
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January 08, 2007 12:04 AM EST --
early morning . . .
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March 02, 2007 12:08 AM EST --
i've been spending much more time with lillie lately (and less time gathering), and we have been having such fun. playing lego star wars, painting, being outside, . . .
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