Monthly Archives: January 2007

silence

We spend our lives in noise traffic tunes toons trains talk clanging banging smashing whirring droning hacking buzzing whining thumping grinding screeching Sometimes we have to hear the soft far tingling of the stars just to know what universe we … Continue reading

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Dinner table

Polished maple table clad in padded silencing quilting and fine white linen can support huge silver, crystal and wit. Seated about it beauty: friends in gentle finery bathed in soft light and sweet sounds partake of delightful viands, sauces, breads … Continue reading

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Packing away

Today we put away the Christmas ornaments mainly decorated fragile glass balls that decorate our tree for a few weeks each year and have done, most of them, for a half century give or take a dozen years or so. … Continue reading

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