tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21388913742800185732024-02-21T05:31:16.554-08:00GreenTea with BrownRicethe writing of clint s. rhubartCSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-87940856525205911602019-07-11T07:29:00.003-07:002020-07-30T10:24:12.408-07:00senses diminish<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Papyrus; font-size: x-large;">constant bombardment</span></p>
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-72846545020539357932018-10-02T13:14:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:27:31.129-08:00somehow (for Sharon)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus";">i did not permit hope,</span><span style="font-family: "papyrus";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus";">i was not equipped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus";">we looked </span><span style="font-family: "papyrus";">into their eyes, </span><span style="font-family: "papyrus";">we smiled,</span><span style="font-family: "papyrus";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>held it back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus";">as we sat </span><span style="font-family: "papyrus";">still and silent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus";">i hear her </span><span style="font-family: "papyrus";">in their voices, </span><span style="font-family: "papyrus";">in their laughter, </span><span style="font-family: "papyrus";">in their stories.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Sharon Parsons-Bortleʼs life came to a tragic end just as she was starting a new</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Born and raised in VIneland, Sharon used her degree in elementary education</span></div>
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A <b>supermassive black hole</b> is the largest type of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Black_hole" title="Black hole"><span style="color: #0645ad;">black hole</span></a> in a galaxy, on the order of hundreds of thousands to billions of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Solar_masses" title="Solar masses"><span style="color: #0645ad;">solar masses</span></a>. Most, and possibly all <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Galaxy" title="Galaxy"><span style="color: #0645ad;">galaxies</span></a>, including the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Milky Way</span></a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2138891374280018573&postID=5191092150096804062#cite_note-1"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[2]</span></span></a></sup> are believed to contain supermassive black holes at their <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Galactic_Center" title="Galactic Center"><span style="color: #0645ad;">centers</span></a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2138891374280018573&postID=5191092150096804062#cite_note-2"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[3]</span></span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2138891374280018573&postID=5191092150096804062#cite_note-3"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[4]</span></span></a></sup><br />
Supermassive black holes have properties which distinguish them from lower-mass classifications:<br />
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<li>The average <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Density" title="Density"><span style="color: #0645ad;">density</span></a> of a supermassive black hole (defined as the mass of the black hole divided by the volume within its <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Schwarzschild_radius" title="Schwarzschild radius"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Schwarzschild radius</span></a>) can be as low as the density of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Water" title="Water"><span style="color: #0645ad;">water</span></a> for very large mass black holes. This is because the Schwarzschild radius is <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Proportionality_(mathematics)" title="Proportionality (mathematics)"><span style="color: #0645ad;">directly proportional</span></a> to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Mass" title="Mass"><span style="color: #0645ad;">mass</span></a>, while density is inversely proportional to the volume. Since the volume of a spherical object (such as the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Event_horizon" title="Event horizon"><span style="color: #0645ad;">event horizon</span></a> of a non-rotating black hole) is directly proportional to the cube of the radius, and mass merely increases linearly, the volume increases by a much greater factor than the mass as a black hole grows. Thus, average density decreases for increasingly larger radii of black holes (due to volume increasing much faster than mass). </li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Tidal_force" title="Tidal force"><span style="color: #0645ad;">tidal forces</span></a> in the vicinity of the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Event_horizon" title="Event horizon"><span style="color: #0645ad;">event horizon</span></a> are significantly weaker. Since the central <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Gravitational_singularity" title="Gravitational singularity"><span style="color: #0645ad;">singularity</span></a> is so far away from the horizon, a hypothetical astronaut traveling towards the black hole center would not experience <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wiki/Spaghettification" title="Spaghettification"><span style="color: #0645ad;">significant tidal force</span></a> until very deep into the black hole. </li>
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-82315652707748606932018-08-26T17:52:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:03:31.801-08:00to your door<br />
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arraign of wind<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a smell of pine and cedar<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>harangues my face<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and pulls on my heart<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">traversing
past <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the sleepy water<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on the road to open meadows <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of emerald and gold<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">outlying
silos<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>set stoic <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>amid crimson barns<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">and <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">in steady
harmonization<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of constant flow<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>through the countryside<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">there is
magnificence<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to be embraced<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in whichever open bearing<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">even so<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">stock-still<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my compass points<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to the overgrown<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and thorned path</span><br />
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-8222274631546635902018-08-23T12:55:00.001-07:002019-02-20T08:17:15.860-08:00expressions<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_302562097">
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">often </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">silence</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">embodies more</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">than a multitude</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">of expressions</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">~csr</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-4775063019381051092018-08-23T12:55:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:16:28.221-08:00the life we live<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_302564040">
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">a withering rose,<br />
the fragile and fleeting life, <br />
is the life we live</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">~csr</span><br />
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-62409758193381784682018-08-22T09:29:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:17:55.760-08:00beautiful flower<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">falling from the branch<br />
at the mercy of the wind<br />
beautiful flower<br />
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~csr</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-71774664747632038452018-08-21T11:33:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:18:30.570-08:00a bolt from the blue<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_301814021">
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">where there is love</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"> there is pain</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">you cannot even hate </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"> without affection</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">so many perceptible reversals</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">i know your laughter </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"> and your tears</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"> the words you are about to speak</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">i see your resolve</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"> yet </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"> i know you are weak</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">so </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"> if i am there </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"> when i said i would not be</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"> is that such a bolt from the blue?</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">~csr</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-2325815306383531572018-08-20T12:46:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:18:53.434-08:00entirely intellectual<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">some things are too incredible to accept<br />
that doesn’t make them any less real<br />
some things are too good to be true<br />
and it turns out we are right<br />
now... how do we determine what is what?<br />
i am not completely sure</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">but i know</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"> it isn’t entirely intellectual</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">what are they really? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">things lurking in shadows</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">it's what we <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">can't</i> see that is fearsome</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">now and again we place things in shadowy seats</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">those things become larger than they truly are</span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><br />
there is no conflict amid light and dark</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">darkness has no option but to flee in the company of light</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">retreating behind obstacles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">eliminate the obstacles </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">that harbor scary corners</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">become filled with light</span></div>
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-86749009901395649272018-08-12T08:15:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:31:50.159-08:00woven for the weary<br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">agent of doubt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>colleague of my fear</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">you recognize my secret so well</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">what dealing do you have with me</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on this rainy day?</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">where light wears a veil</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and warmth evades me</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">bring your tidings </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to a different one</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">this image is not for you to paint</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">nor is it yours </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to fill in my blanks</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">you try my resolve</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to deceive myself </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">you inhabit the shadow's spread</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">your skill is in embroidery </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">your designs are fitting</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>woven for the weary</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">an occasion to walk off</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">into smooth briny pools</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">sharp shimmering sunbeams </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">misty saline air</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">amusing </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">one hundred and thirty-five</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">includes the park and the rides</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">and yet this… just outside</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">so magnificent… and free of fee</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">drowning in the breakers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">the smell of six dollar hotdogs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">filling the empty spaces</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">accompanying me on my return</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"> not unlike a puzzle</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">a memo of uncertainty </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><br />
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-50890492547467144372018-07-16T18:25:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:37:12.460-08:00all else<div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-67255306726390763462018-07-16T12:55:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:15:33.061-08:00chasing it<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: left;">
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tumbling in the breeze, and<br />
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-23367158714226649052018-06-17T10:52:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:35:58.578-08:00believe<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-59796825548651861602018-06-15T20:00:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:36:35.659-08:00fan it<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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the emptiness... <br />
the aching...<br />
the yearning.<br />
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and if...<br />
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if you can recall... <br />
the spotlessness<br />
of giving<br />
love freely...<br />
that original ember<br />
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just... long... enough...<br />
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-51454869001858917772018-05-29T11:53:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:11:22.658-08:00on our way<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjtmEDDDwKVGpv7YhaLUtNtmH5Q4tvMFYLYDoeWq1GMygX7814zsKvfyMeOs1qtYxgq9iu5rga-VRzCQ7Kogy04HmrUckbz7Z_FUFmiLpNpK9TcfAjV0L1vMZaZVTuFqTtNjvVU4YQilo/s1600/StathmereCapture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1059" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjtmEDDDwKVGpv7YhaLUtNtmH5Q4tvMFYLYDoeWq1GMygX7814zsKvfyMeOs1qtYxgq9iu5rga-VRzCQ7Kogy04HmrUckbz7Z_FUFmiLpNpK9TcfAjV0L1vMZaZVTuFqTtNjvVU4YQilo/s400/StathmereCapture.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: medium;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">~csr</span>CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-9872618800595767452018-03-27T08:51:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:28:31.165-08:00along the way<div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">
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CSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17796944834839490482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138891374280018573.post-56459535264867368092018-03-20T12:36:00.000-07:002019-02-20T08:28:50.029-08:00when it's done… it's done<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_368485678">
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">i don't know what she had </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">she gave </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">she liked to mend things</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">and she mended us </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">she was there</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">her cooking was delicious</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">she taught me the basics in cooking</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">make sure the pan is hot</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">she knew that</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">she showed me how</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;">"take what you want… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and when it's done… it's done"</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus";">i love you grandmom</span><br />
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