Country Beauty
*** The feature photo at the top was taken by Sharla.
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I Clasp the Hands of God
I clasp the hands of God, Then break away to run shrieking Across the fields of Rusk County. He catches me easily, And we laugh. He holds me tight As I struggle against his arms. Tossing me across his shoulders, We watch the setting sun. “Please, God, could we, If it works with
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Snapshots of Summer
Snapshots from my summer, random and rich: I sit in the quiet of the nursing home at night. Small sounds are large. A fan hums. The refrigerator. The rustle of the nurse shuffling papers. An alarm sounds loud, and I leap to answer it, cocking my ears to the right and to the left as
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Going Home
I sit here at my desk. It is autumn. Soon I will leave my desk and go up to the bare-armed, thinly-leafed woods, to my little van hut, to write. I look at the leaves outside, quivering from the poplars, listen to the wind blowing them, and try to quiet my mind. I wonder sometimes
Rusk County Photo Tour
I met Liang and Sami unexpectedly while selling books at the Eau Claire Downtown Farmer’s Market. Liang, a photographer, flew his drone over the market to take pictures. When he flew over my table, the wind from his drone inadvertently knocked over all the family photos I had carefully set up for display on my
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