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Oatmeal
I eat oatmeal for breakfast./ I make it on the hot plate and put skimmed milk on it./ I eat it alone./ I am aware it is not good to eat oatmeal alone. from Galway Kinnell, "Oatmeal" Life is meant to connect with others. It amazes me how quickly my...
read moreSomething with a Lifespan
How many times/ should I look at you and should/ I change my life? - Katie Peterson, Something with a Lifespan Butterflies make sense to me. Elemental change is their lifecycle. Miracles are their constitution. They grow in perfect time. Their bri...
read moreWidening Circles
I live my life in widening circlesthat reach out across the world.I may not complete this last onebut I give myself to it. From Rainier Maria Rilke, "Widening Circles" We must give ourselves to widening circles. Our widening circles hold multitude...
read moreWhen I Tell My Husband I Miss the Sun, He Knows
against each other. We bring the shadow game home and (this is my favorite part) when we stretch our shadows across the bed, we get so tangled my husband grips his own wrist, certain it's my wrist, and kisses it. From Paige Lewis' When I ...
read moreAbout Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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