Reflecting ~

April 19, 2011

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"Our thoughts are quieter than rivers,

 Our loves are simpler than the trees,

 Our prayers deeper than the sea."

 Thomas Merton

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the ice hasn't gone

 off of the lakes

 yet this year

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for everything a season

Ecclesiastes 3:1

 

"We All Fall Down" ~

"Now autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods
and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt."
William Allingham

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the winds of the past two days

have disrobed the trees

and left the landscape

somewhat barren

the eight fires that burned

in NW Minnesota

this weekend

have filled the air

with the pungent odor

of burning peat

and

 left their assault

on our eyes and noses

 

tonight a

winter storm warning

announces a 70%

 possibility

of snow

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for everything a season

Ecclesiastes 3:1