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Styx and Stones

10/03/202110/03/2021 / Liz H-H / 9 Comments

 

Tettegouche, N. MN (Source: Derek Montgomery for MPR)

His nails were dark and sharp, spreading before him as he stretched first one paw, then the other. He backed further under the Juniper hedge.

She should’ve stayed home, not taken the canoe across the water. Continue reading →

Sunday Morning

03/06/202103/06/2021 / Liz H-H / Leave a comment

canoeing girlI lift my paddle for a moment, hearing but not noting the drip of water that slides off its smooth, blond curve. My canoe slices through the morning cool, bisecting and self-healing the waters as I pass. Below the dark water, silent lake grass caresses sand and small, secret pebbles.  Continue reading →

The First Hour Before Sunrise

06/02/201806/03/2018 / Liz H-H / 3 Comments

The very first hour before sunrise is the most powerful time of day. Continue reading →

Spring’s Assurance

04/23/201804/23/2018 / Liz H-H / 19 Comments

Spring is late, delayed by a blizzard that left two feet of soggy snow, making my front stair’s existence a Schrödinger’s cat. When late April sun emerged, so did we.

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Worth Preserving

01/17/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 2 Comments

Image of Bluebells of Scotland“Enough of that,” he snapped off the television and stepped onto the back porch. Easing into a wooden rocking chair, he cupped his hands around his coffee, Continue reading →

Happier

12/23/201605/15/2018 / Liz H-H / Leave a comment

14-summer-beachHappier…

Rolls and soughs

A sweeping of sand across sand, the Continue reading →

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