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Under the Wild Plum Tree
http://www.wildplumtree.blogspot.com
I started this blog as a way to vent about my everyday life. Once I stopped complaining I realized that what I had was a place to genuinely share my love of poetry and nature. This is the story of a poet living in modern times and trying to devote as much energy to creativity as possible and work a full time job.
Recent Posts
A Blog of Thanks and Favorites
I am going to attempt a break today from my snowy cave to do some much needed Christmas shopping. This is a view from my window yesterday-absolutely lovely. Since I don't have a lot going on and I'd rather not meditate on why I've not written a singl...
A Cure for the Doldrums
Doldrums - 1. a state of inactivity or stagnation, as in business or art: August is a time of doldrums for many enterprises. 2. the doldrums, a. a belt of calms and light baffling winds north of the equator between the northern and southern trade win...
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Yesterday was a nice reminder of why I don't like parties. The hostess (a person I like a great deal) told me to come around 9ish and so I did. When I arrived, I realized besides my friend hosting the event, I was the only other female. Six guys all ...
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This week has been slow and tiring but it is soon over in the matter of a day. I have been battling a cold that has held on stubbornly and left me with scarcely the energy to go to work and come home. No walks, no visits to the gym, barely moving fro...
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I wake quickly this morning, a strong shaft of sunlight filling a corner of my room. I am awake as quickly as I fell asleep last night with an old friend spread across my bed; Wordsworth: a life by Juliet Barker. I am awake to the stillness, to the s...
A Post in Which I Think of the Future
I am sick with a bloody cold. Really it has done nothing but irritate the living daylights out of me. I am not the type of person who lays around, I'm a go-getter with lots of energy that usually I can burn off in an hour at the gym. But no, I am all...
