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Patris's avatar

A benediction

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Jed Moffitt's avatar

Or an incantation, Patris, he has obviously cast a spell on the place!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

both/and

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Jed Moffitt's avatar

So...more of the same old same old. I ask, parenthetically, is there anything better than a calm, uneventful, beautiful, usual day?

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

there is the subtext of the problem of everydayness

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Ann Collins's avatar

Arrival. . .what a beautiful word-image Jonathan. Every morning we arrive!

I read this line once somewhere and it still haunts me:

“the light arrived and

kept arriving”

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

thank you, Ann -- I love that quote wherever it came from

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Ann Collins's avatar

I’ve searched and can’t find it—maybe just one of those random phrases that leaves its mark…?

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Gary Spangler's avatar

Tender words, Jonathan.

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