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Askew. Ajar. Astonished.
Askew. Ajar. Astonished.
Friends, Finding Hope, MemoirCyn CarboneSeptember 20, 2026Annie Dillard, music, 1960s, Santa Barbara Folk Orchestra, Terry Tempest Williams, memoir, friends, getting olderComment
Alarmed
Alarmed
Finding Hope, Memoir, FriendsCyn CarboneSeptember 11, 2026alarms, worry, Santa Barbara, Gloria Steinem, Wendell Berry, advice, encouragement, joyComment
I Remember
I Remember
Memoir, FriendsCyn CarboneSeptember 7, 2026Utah, memories, being young, road trips, Lone Pine, Patricia Lockwood, Maria Popova, Jane Hirshfield
Risking Delight
Risking Delight
Memoir, Friends, Finding Hope, PoetryCyn CarboneAugust 31, 2026music, Jack Gilbert, Mary Oliver, poetry, joy, Democracy Forward, Skye PerrymanComment
The Ooh and the Ahh
The Ooh and the Ahh
Finding Hope, Commentary, MemoirCyn CarboneAugust 24, 2026political commentary, community, resistance singers, finding hope, reorienting, updateComment
Enigma
Enigma
MemoirCyn CarboneAugust 20, 2026Long Island, 1960s, memoir, coming of age, adolescence Comment
Where Am I?
Where Am I?
Commentary, Friends, Memoir, Family History, TravelCyn CarboneAugust 10, 2026Memoir, Political commentary, Old photos, Family history, Robert Hubbell, readers, Rebecca Solnit, HomeComment
The Art of It
The Art of It
Memoir, TravelCyn CarboneAugust 4, 2026England, Art, OxfordComment
In England
In England
Memoir, Finding HopeCyn CarboneJuly 26, 2026England, Grandchildren, Travel, Gal Beckerman, commentary, MemoirComment
Older
Lines and reflections Fog at play. A hike with friends...foolproof remedy for the blues. We’re fortified now. A storied old house: “Outdoors the wind./Indoors the locked heart and the lost key.” (Louis Macniece) We ran into a skeleton, a miniature mule, and Milly today. I’m obsessed. Can you blame me?! Looking out towards Gaviota Peak the fog considers a comeback Ranch roads on this late summer morning... red vein veterinary lesson best kind of welcome Well, THIS was unexpected. And this is how we are getting to know the infinitely fascinating and oh-so-faraway Felix...sigh. When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don't stand still and look around On all the hills I haven't hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in th In a dark time the eye begins to see (Roethke) a walk adorned by swirls of fog The shy return of clouds.
“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
— Mary Oliver
 

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