Becoming
Fran GardnerGo slow now. Take time, feel gratitude, forgive. Be authentic.
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Water towers and a wall
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Opposites the same
Curiously, “ravel” and “unravel “mean the same thing—to unknit or untangle something made of thread or yarn. You pull on a thread and everything comes apart.
In Shakespeare, Macbeth wishes for “Sleep th...
The stardust of a song
Stymied
I thought it might happen. I’d hoped it wouldn’t happen.
Now it’s happened.
It’s Saturday evening, time to post to Substack, and I am not ready.
Every week, for the last 207 weeks, I’ve published a quirky meander through pho...
Thunder, stoves and bunny crossings
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Thunder
I awoke at 5 a.m. Thursday to a flash of lightning and some muted rumbles of thunder. No rain, just noise, a subdued growling in the distance.
Preoccupied by the odd weather during my morning writing exercise, I w...
Big trees. Really big trees.
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Three words
Sometimes I find a trio of words to write about. Today’s three words are mildly related. Why did I pick them? Because. Brio came to me in the shower and the other words followed.
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Fours on the Fourth
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Fireworks tonight
Every year I hang my flag quilt from our front porch on Main Street—not Wall Street!—in Portland, Ore. Fran Gardner photo
Today is Independence Day, July 4. A big anniversary: 250 years since the signing...
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Fran Gardner curates a sock drawer of ideas that don’t match. She salts them with photos and poems. Nothing is what you’d expect.
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