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#augustbreak2013 Day 16

Floral

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve loved flowers. It’s one of my favorite things to have a jar full on my writing desk. For a long time, lilacs were my clear favorite.
desklilacsLately, I’ve developed a huge crush on peonies.

luminositypeony05smallAnd I have soft spot for Rocky Mountain Bee Plants. They showed up in our flowerbed out front one year, and have returned each spring, bigger and bigger, to feed the riot of bees and ants and moths and butterflies, our own private version of a food truck, a lunch wagon parked right beside our driveway.

rmbeeplant12I also have a favorite rose bush. It grows right next to what was Obi’s favorite spot in the backyard, and they smell amazing.

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#augustbreak2013 Day 15

Books

bookspinepoemA book spine poem.

This I know:
the true secret of writing,
writing true, writing from life, writing a life —
start where you are.

There is nothing wrong with you.
Sit down and shut up.
Writing down your soul,
write your heart out.

Writing begins with the breath,
the sound of paper.
You are here,
awake in the world,
daring greatly —
Now write!
Just one thing, beautiful you.