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*photo by Abby Ruppert I sit on my porch A’ counting bird peeps Chirps, cheeps, “cheer-ups,” clicks, coos, squeaks, screeches, songs,...

*Elaine Smith (6/25/37 - 7-23-2024) Where did the time go Like a FLASH Yet memory filled Elaine, The glue of this clan Started it all,...

*photo by Abby Ruppert ❤️ Sullen Rejected Crestfallen Dejected Do again tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer

LIFE What is life But stacked up memories Cluttering away. MEMORIES What is mine What Is yours to keep I leave my spirit, My memories I...

The heart leaps when we add The soul morns subtraction tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer Author’s Note: A two lined poem is a...

Like Mother Nature, I let your children, your cubs, your bird babies fly Again, never to return home. Some folks gather around and that’s...

Let me paint Ralston in a sort of poetic prose: It seemed to me he dropped down from nowhere Heaven, if I must guess Almost suddenly to...

“Tree in the Garden of Olives” by Brian Tenbrunsel Speak to me You tree of burning desire Share your Ancient Secret For it is I who is...

I ate capsaicin And here is my saged advice It burns not once but twice Capsaicin tom tenbrunsel Nature’s Warning Label

*The wood duck that hatched and imprinted on Brian and flew beside the jet ski! A Wood Duck hatched Imprinted on Brian Its family...

*photo inside the Louve NEXT? What will become As time moves to closure And there is but a moment To ponder AFTERWARDS Left to its own...

*photo by Abby Ruppert Find a good nurse to recommend a good physician and then ask the doc to recommend the best psychologists in town....

This 2024 is a yeoman’s year for blueberries. When planting your own blueberry patch, be sure to plant enough to share with the bears up...

*photo by Thomas William Andrew Secretarski of me taking a respite against an antique American Chestnut AT trail marker I Roaned down...

This post of Jay and Jesse originally on Instagram won “Best Post of 2024!” Congratulations, “Whispering Jesse” on your trifecta-...

*photo by erin (No matter how strong or handsome or how many home runs you hit, there’s still Nana❤️) Many things, perhaps anythings,...

Nature speaks to me. Nature speaks to me In riddles I listen tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer

photo in Jerusalem by Brian Tenbrunsel Oh what toils we mortals tell of. Clang the knell as trouble passes Search our souls for love...

Be Know Greet Climb Hug Share Say thank you Love Live and Celebrate For we come by here but once tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer

From the depths of Valley Forge, an army all but defeated and scattered, there arose champions of LIBERTY of what was to become the...