Tag Archives: clouds

Feeding After the Storm

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Evening has a special peace–and beauty–after a storm has passed. Continue reading →

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Morning Duty

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Even something as simple as feeding a horse can give us the chance to appreciate the beauty of a winter morning. Continue reading →

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First Light

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Doc Arnett

As I walk along the dark ground,
the mare comes to feed at the black tub.
I rub my hand along the winter wool
of her spine. Continue reading →

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Some Mighty Fine Leftovers

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I am standing at the edge
of my neighbors’ field,
looking west at the colored ending
of the last Lord’s Day in November,
eating the last piece of apple pie. Continue reading →

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A Gentle Calling

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Doc Arnett

long threads of red and pink
bleed along the lines of clouds,
incredibly smooth streaks low to the earth,
streaming northward above the thin strip of clearing. Continue reading →

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Scattered Showers

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Doc Arnett

There is in our dry times
a rather pointed disappointment
in clouds that hold the color of rain
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Good Works

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Doc Arnett

There are such moments as this
when hot coffee
and the quiet beauty of God’s still morning
shared in the refreshing softness
of a moon’s pale circle fringed with orange

is our purpose. Continue reading →

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Looking Toward Day

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Inconvenience is so much less trying than tragedy and aggravation easier to negotiate than catastrophe.
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A Sagging Sky

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Doc Arnett

The sky looked like an El Greco painting done in shades of gray and turned on its side. Huge drops of cloud emerged from the dark bank and sagged toward the earth with light shafts of mist drifting between them. Continue reading →

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Better than Predicted

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Whenever we have a choice about a day, a friend or the ending of some shared journey, we ought to choose to rehearse the memory that makes for better instead of worse.
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