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"I blog about poems, gardening, hiking, life, cycling and just fun stuff. Look for a weekly post from me."
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OF FIRE AND DESIRE
Fate Hath No Fury Like A Love Forlorned Though I’ve tipped on lightly laden clouds of Late And pondered destruction by ice and fire;...
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May 27, 20241 min read


CREATION
Dew drops drip The whole of creation opens up The mind becomes reality Cogito, I am. tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer
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May 23, 20241 min read


COPASETIC
*“Where’s My Mommy?” photo by his mommy 🎶Zipping do da🎶Zippity yay🎶My oh my what a wonderful day🎶 Everything is copasetic, OK,...
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May 21, 20241 min read


🎶THE MFA*🎶
Let me tell you a story 'Bout a man named Hooper On that tragic and fateful day. Put his season pass in his pocket Kissed his mom and...
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May 15, 20241 min read


QUESTION?
“Oh great Buddha, tell me the secret to life.” Do the good really die young As they say Or with old age Doth badness accumulate? It seems...
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May 10, 20241 min read


LOVE
Believe Anticipate And the greatest of these is Love Love is all around us Let it into your heart Grasp it Be consumed For it is the bond...
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May 5, 20241 min read


SOFTEN YOUR HEART🎶
*wood panting courtesy of erin SOFTEN YOUR HEART🎶 When you’re back’s to the wall And you don’t understand And you can’t stand tall From...
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May 1, 20241 min read


SUMMER HAIKU
Fireflies rise and flicker Crickets chirp, frogs chortle, birds and bees sleep All is right with creation tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg...
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Apr 28, 20241 min read


FIRE
*photo of lunch fire along the Chatooga just north of “Deliverance.” Pondering Existence Wandering Wondering Lost? I gather and stack...
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Apr 24, 20241 min read


BEFORE
Black Bleak Dark Abyss Nothing No light yet Nothing to see Sight unseen Then Voila Let it be! tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer...
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Apr 17, 20241 min read


CASUAL GARDENING TIPS #4
*photo of tree in the Garden of Olives by Brian Tenbrunsel Winter into Spring Under snow my garden sleeps, Sweet winter carrots, Hiding...
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Apr 8, 20242 min read


EASTER WEEK 2024: The Second Coming? A Nation Reborn?
*Cross Lazer Sculpture by Jim Williams RIP Although, the first coming of Christ on earth was over 2024 years ago, I guess. I contend...
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Apr 2, 20242 min read


EASTER
photo of giant empty cross overlooking Huntsville Alabama I Hard boil my eggs Color them Don’t hunt them Peel them And eat every last one...
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Mar 31, 20241 min read


Baseball
*photo by Zeke Garris at AHS You have practiced. You’ve measured the wall You own game day. Stand confidently tall “Games are won in...
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Mar 19, 20241 min read


THE CARETAKER
*photo by Abby Ruppert Who? Who takes care of all this? Who's in charge of The flower pedals drifting along on cool breeze? Who takes...
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Mar 12, 20241 min read


BEAUTY IS
*Girona by ET & Laura Hargett Tenbrunsel Beauty is everywhere There is beauty . . . . . . in everything Don’t miss it Don’t miss beauty...
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Mar 7, 20241 min read


SELF HELP SERIES: So You Have Cancer!
On Treating Cancer Behaviorally as Well As a psychologist I am in awe of how the body, when relaxed and neutralized, can heal itself from...
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Mar 1, 20243 min read


PATHS
Where do paths take us? Paths Find them. To have a journey Must you have a path Or not? Or Are you a bushwhacker? Bushwhacking thru life...
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Feb 25, 20241 min read


BENT TREE
Oh my precious bent tree Who did that to thee Thy spirit fills the forest With direction And intention. My house sits here now While long...
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Feb 21, 20242 min read


MY VISION
Whilst recently in the hospital For once’d of those close to death occasions. Clots had moved to my lungs A surgical procedure was...
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Feb 14, 20242 min read
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