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An upside to the quarantine

May 12, 2020May 11, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 2 Comments

I like having my wife working from home.

(As long as I can stay out of the camera every time I dash past to refill my mug.)

 

 

Kinisi 20

May 3, 2020March 7, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

WHITE OSSIPPEE

Kinisi 19

April 19, 2020February 1, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

almost / mostly / nearly

retro

Kinisi 18

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play / peoples / pray

 

Road signs &c. on our way to the beach

March 29, 2020February 1, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Each one has a story:

  • Cider Hill
  • Cider Spring
  • Witchtrot Road
  • Ambush Rock
  • Raynes Neck
  • Harris Cove
  • York Village

 

Dreamed the goldfinches were back

March 21, 2020March 20, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 2 Comments

moving at the speed of youth

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One day you look out the window and they’ve doffed their winter gray coats. How do they know how to do that?

Matter of the ego

March 15, 2020December 1, 2019 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Gertie Stein: Every writer wants to be told how good he is, how good he is, how good he is.

Kinisi 17

March 15, 2020December 1, 2019 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

small stuff / completion, as in loss

cosmic calculations / where now?

……….

oppose / uphold

envision / enact

 

Overheard in the locker room

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

The virus can’t enter your body without consent.

Two high-school swimmers, getting suited up for their daily practice.

What other bad counsel have you heard?

‘Butt time,’ Bukowski’s term

March 7, 2020December 1, 2019 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Best done religiously every day.

I’m amazed by the amount of sheer physical energy writing takes. Long stretches of total concentration. Back hurts. Fingers, too.

Reworking a long piece, especially.

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