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Just before the Hurricane, this little one emerges. She's on her way to the turbulent waves. We on the shore want so badly to help, but we know better and walk beside her, well meaning, helpless, guardians, until a wave envelopes her – back and forth and she is gone on her long…
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The American Experiment has never lived up to its promise of self-government and Liberty and Justice for All. From the start it was non-inclusive, predatory and rigged in favor of the "ruling class", the so called "people". But this doesn't mean that a course correction wouldn't change things for the better. America,…
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A serene scene for anxious times… Mother Nature hasn't given up on us yet. St. Augustine Beach, 9.11.19 ©Laine Quinn What we can do to support the climate strike on Friday, the 20th of September- Don't buy anything on line that has to be delivered to your home,…
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Whatever the outcome of a great love, whatever the duration, it is still a triumph and a transformation to be celebrated. Edward Carpenter There is a saying that, "Youth is wasted on the young." But how could we survive our youth if we weren't physically young and emotionally naive? Believing…
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The seed factory in a Sago Palm brings to mind part of a quote from Kahlil Gibran, …life's longing for itself. Isn't that how this gorgeous planet evolved, one seedling at a time? © 2019 Laine Quinn Sago Drama!
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Many years ago I began a novel by Zora Neale Hurston and couldn't find the rhythm of her words and abandoned the effort. About a month ago I picked up her autobiography, "Dust Tracks on a Road" at our local Library and was blown away. Here is a writer with an understanding of…
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All is right with the world on an evening like this, after a cloudy day, all is well. St. Augustine harbor, leading out to the inlet, almost sunset. © Laine Quinn 2019
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A perfect full moon, coming up over the horizon. Nothing marks the daily passage of time so acutely as the phases of the moon. Four clear beautiful nights (and sunny days) at the beach, and she's practically at half mast when it is time to go home. On cloudy days, we are…
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Thirty days has September, April, June and November, and you know the rest! The last day of November, December coming on- take it gently, lovingly, wisely! Let the others get crazy and drive crazy and etc. Let's be wise! And Enjoy! Bales in Virginia, some years ago, forgotten by now by…
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An affair of the heart and soul… Where waves crash hearts are mended. St. Augustine Beach, June 2018. © Laine Quinn 2018
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