Tag Archives: contemplation

Evolve?

Posted on November 24, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

 It’s so easy to use a simple word like “evolve” because I know exactly what I mean when I use that word in a sentence. To define the word makes one actually think about its meaning and try to explain … Continue reading →

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The Only Path

Posted on November 17, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

Travel with me. Walk with me. Hold my hand as we make our way one more time upon the Earth. You have given me your smile, I have given you my tears until my heart explodes with joy. Life is … Continue reading →

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Lecture # 123,456,789

Posted on November 12, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

Evolve. It can be done. Or perhaps you prefer the path of the dinosaurs, with only some bones and a few footprints to tell the world you were here?

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Dallas and the Missing Brain

Posted on November 9, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

Question:  So, how do you wind up with a missing President’s brain (JFK)? Answer: You don’t. Result:  Case shut for 100 years. Opinion:  Gotta love American politics.

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Melody Maker

Posted on November 4, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

You speak to me as sunlight life-giver, making the leaves glow warm and tender, their fragile fabric of pulsing chlorophyll, veins as roots as branches. And when you speak I become greedy. I am so very hungry for more. Fold … Continue reading →

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Remade

Posted on October 17, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

“Remade”                                 June 12, 1984 Take a look at me with the bats in my backyard and the spider webs on my wings, I am … Continue reading →

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This Moment is

Posted on October 13, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

The water is vast and glistening and unfathomably deep; the wind is high and strong and cleansing; the earth below my feet is alive and vital and teeming with Grace; and the stars are my blinking, twinkling unfinished dream. This … Continue reading →

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The Absence Of Nectar

Posted on October 5, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

When the storm clouds roll in, whip the sea into a frenzy I will know it from my perch up on the mountain. The hummingbird is tossed by currents smaller than the wingspan of solitude, slower than the heartbeat of … Continue reading →

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glimpse the Light

Posted on October 5, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

I would surrender my laughter and lay bare my heart on the stone for you, if only you would let me glimpse the Light beyond the sun, and give me one glorious moment just to swim in the Love that … Continue reading →

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Bruised

Posted on October 4, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

Our hearts are such tender vessels, aware of what feeds, withers and morphs it into a swelling sea to marvel at, to puzzle over, to praise. When the blue sky is magnificently bruised by Autumn winds hastened by the chill … Continue reading →

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