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coffeeandwoodsmoke
- Oct 9, 2018
- 4 min
woodsmoke
Swing the axe In the hour before daylight Note the sparks That attend to the blade — Jeffrey Foucault, Dishes If I look over the top o...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
- Oct 2, 2018
- 4 min
good mom
She slowly emerges from the tall grasses at the lip of the crumbling fish ladder. Her head swings from side to side as she surveys the ri...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
- Sep 25, 2018
- 2 min
beyond the country
If you keep driving: beyond the outskirts, past the horses and hay bales, to the far side of split rail fences and civilization. If you k...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
- Sep 18, 2018
- 3 min
town and country
Before I begin today’s post, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to those following my blog. Welcome to the world of coffee and w...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
- Dec 2, 2017
- 3 min
after the snow
after the snow came the wind. after the wind came the rain. after the rain the whole world paused and was swallowed into mist. * * * T...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
- Nov 20, 2015
- 2 min
November Sky
Daybreak reveals a heavy grey blanket of sky, coming to rest just above slate mountains’ rise into icy peaks. It looks like November. F...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
- Sep 15, 2015
- 2 min
Orbit
This morning there is rain, a steady drumbeat against the corrugated tin roof, streams pouring out of gutter spouts and a grey mist blank...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
- Sep 7, 2015
- 2 min
Harvest
Autumn has arrived. I was away on travel for just over a week, and when I returned the season had changed. Days and nights cool, crispn...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
- Aug 31, 2015
- 3 min
Blowin’ in the Wind
An unexpected and sudden storm blew in late afternoon last week. The skies in Montana had been thick with smoke from wildfires burning a...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
- Aug 4, 2015
- 2 min
Breath & Bone
There are moments that remind us, that throw into sharpest relief, just how precious and fleeting life really is. Moments that make us f...
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coffeeandwoodsmoke
- Jul 16, 2015
- 2 min
I Believe
There are things we believe. Things that ground us. Things that hold us close–more than we can ever hold them. Things divine, that ref...
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