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In Blackwater Woods
- Mary OliverTo live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold itagainst your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
This is not yet the time to let it go.
Posted: 2025 May 03
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Author Archives: Isabel Gibson
Choice
The grocery store as an embarrassment of riches. And other stuff. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Business, Food & Drink, Miscellany
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Sparkles
There’s sparkles in them thar trees. Continue reading
Puddle. Big Puddle.
Free development advice. Worth what they paid for it. Well, worth no more than that. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Business, Water
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Sun Tacticians
Evolution isn’t really all about me, but I’ll take the wins when I can. Continue reading
Epitomes, Archetypes, and . . . Pigeons? Yup.
More anthropomorphic fun with birds. Continue reading
Dew Drops on Hot-Tub Covers and Turtles on Warm Rocks
It won’t ever be a Broadway song for Julie Andrews. Continue reading
A Bridge Too Cold
Another stop at my favourite Edmonton bridge, in my least-favourite season. Continue reading
The Shortest Distance
Old work lessons, and new. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Management and Work
Tagged Attitudes, Community
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One of the Certainties
A rant about taxes. Continue reading