Tag Archives: Doniphan County KS

Dark Changes

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Doc Arnett

We’ve gone from eighty and sunny on Saturday to snow and freeze warnings on Monday… but that’s nothing compared to the changes in Jerusalem that took place in one week nearly two thousand years ago. Continue reading →

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Day of Fog and Mist

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I like the way a day like this
settles around you,
pulls a comforting shroud of gray
up close
but not too close, Continue reading →

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Mercy Triumphs over Judgment*

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I like B. J. Smith. I like him a lot. And that makes it much easier for me to desire mercy. And those who sow mercy will reap mercy. Whether they like B. J. or not… Continue reading →

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Sundogs

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, getting the view we want to see requires that we endure some discomfort… like taking pictures in a minus twenty wind chill. Continue reading →

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Somber Beauty

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Doc Arnett

The slightest trace of pink
colored the curls of clouds
low over the ridge
just past the creek;
the least bit of light
leaking from a hidden rising. Continue reading →

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A Touch of Sun

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Out past Bendena,
just as I reach the low spot between slopes
and head back uphill,
the sun spills through an opening in the trees Continue reading →

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