Meta tags:

Headings (most frequently used words):

2015, the, friday, 2017, october, 2014, in, to, sunday, september, saturday, my, november, 29, june, thursday, december, teresa, evangeline, monday, 27, may, is, be, love, with, when, books, always, 10, 24, 23, 2016, 17, 12, tuesday, 31, february, 20, wednesday, 22, please, visit, poetry, site, buddy, four, year, old, self, jack, kerouac, walt, whitman, family, bloggerville, blog, archive, subscribe, linkwithin, listening, river, finding, balance, taking, stand, unsung, third, stanza, there, light, an, embarrassment, all, way, around, morning, ritual, christmas, fireworks, and, coyotes, companionship, of, nature, how, life, caught, downpour, were, getting, by, little, help, from, our, friends, farm, wife, waiting, on, irises, answer, has, been, will, prelude, new, day, country, called, for, woman, ithaca, things, consider, closing, door,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (208), and (104), share (62), this (58), that (41), with (38), are (31), for (30), teresa (27), #evangeline (27), you (27), all (24), was (23), there (23), comments (22), posted (22), but (22), pinterest (20), facebook (20), blogthis (20), email (20), one (20), have (20), love (18), from (18), when (18), they (17), not (16), what (16), october (14), time (14), morning (13), may (12), november (12), life (12), june (11), september (11), december (11), your (11), who (11), door (11), their (11), here (11), well (11), had (11), like (11), has (11), 2015 (10), good (10), through (10), her (10), song (10), just (10), more (10), always (9), how (9), night (9), few (9), been (9), river (8), can (8), some (8), about (8), country (8), hope (8), them (8), our (8), into (8), august (7), february (7), 2014 (7), 2017 (7), don (7), spring (7), know (7), were (7), read (7), before (7), around (7), while (7), found (7), too (7), other (7), dog (7), july (6), very (6), poem (6), poetry (6), new (6), went (6), people (6), where (6), still (6), real (6), most (6), will (6), long (6), books (6), these (6), nature (6), which (6), again (6), first (6), posts (5), january (5), march (5), april (5), listening (5), own (5), buddy (5), could (5), its (5), having (5), things (5), friday (5), also (5), right (5), out (5), world (5), did (5), came (5), made (5), saturday (5), beautiful (5), corner (5), woods (5), something (5), little (5), sunday (5), way (5), eye (5), off (5), would (5), keep (5), him (5), owls (5), blog (4), poet (4), click (4), never (4), closer (4), over (4), now (4), didn (4), see (4), next (4), middle (4), thought (4), back (4), day (4), get (4), every (4), going (4), until (4), turned (4), she (4), painting (4), snow (4), his (4), then (4), doing (4), across (4), among (4), wanted (4), beauty (4), even (4), look (4), yesterday (4), book (4), those (4), ago (4), porch (4), fireworks (4), bones (4), ask (4), atom (3), personal (3), great (3), far (3), old (3), visit (3), closers (3), ever (3), whether (3), such (3), piston (3), open (3), someone (3), outside (3), perhaps (3), set (3), companion (3), yellowstone (3), saw (3), mind (3), say (3), place (3), ithaca (3), woman (3), whose (3), thursday (3), post (3), com (3), taking (3), break (3), fun (3), yet (3), known (3), case (3), farm (3), think (3), twitter (3), short (3), winter (3), hard (3), covers (3), art (3), notes (3), being (3), down (3), white (3), than (3), attention (3), looked (3), caught (3), together (3), want (3), deal (3), two (3), hanging (3), took (3), why (3), inside (3), ways (3), garden (3), pretty (3), last (3), another (3), looking (3), felt (3), any (3), once (3), light (3), christmas (3), sing (3), high (3), third (3), anthem (3), national (3), computer (3), addiction (3), article (3), balance (3), blogger (2), subscribe (2), 2016 (2), bloggerville (2), word (2), anything (2), make (2), best (2), soul (2), let (2), poets (2), poems (2), year (2), site (2), home (2), try (2), started (2), remember (2), cannot (2), heart (2), example (2), arm (2), head (2), administration (2), passed (2), either (2), only (2), bar (2), stopped (2), elvis (2), sure (2), usual (2), wasn (2), said (2), poignancy (2), occasional (2), leonard (2), lifting (2), coffee (2), after (2), many (2), cold (2), toast (2), women (2), dark (2), town (2), roofs (2), fell (2), under (2), softly (2), turning (2), late (2), cellars (2), away (2), sun (2), autumn (2), thinking (2), thoughts (2), passing (2), rain (2), prelude (2), photograph (2), mine (2), intriguing (2), http (2), monday (2), seen (2), work (2), wife (2), reminded (2), extensive (2), grateful (2), presence (2), summer (2), recently (2), taken (2), myself (2), fine (2), creative (2), kind (2), cara (2), created (2), video (2), dream (2), help (2), friends (2), nothing (2), slow (2), days (2), meadow (2), quiet (2), sky (2), realized (2), mean (2), doesn (2), sheets (2), might (2), ready (2), whole (2), exactly (2), feeder (2), spent (2), against (2), big (2), must (2), edition (2), got (2), downpour (2), shed (2), mentioned (2), listen (2), watch (2), weeks (2), cabin (2), walk (2), often (2), use (2), raccoon (2), believe (2), moved (2), particular (2), nice (2), carl (2), sandburg (2), add (2), knowing (2), shelves (2), mary (2), oliver (2), much (2), living (2), nor (2), wilderness (2), songs (2), critters (2), table (2), watching (2), calling (2), during (2), call (2), peaceful (2), though (2), music (2), each (2), mid (2), part (2), willing (2), turn (2), coyotes (2), minutes (2), joni (2), band (2), tumblr (2), ritual (2), seeing (2), lyrics (2), favorite (2), songwriters (2), actually (2), near (2), house (2), embarrassment (2), feels (2), spend (2), current (2), mouth (2), ada (2), limon (2), says (2), sounds (2), sung (2), red (2), perfectly (2), unsung (2), stanza (2), truth (2), bombs (2), kneel (2), stand (2), clement (2), letter (2), resignation (2), social (2), talked (2), smartphone (2), apps (2), laptops (2), rewire (2), brain (2), silicon (2), valley (2), william (2), stafford (2), awesome, inc, theme, powered, linkwithin, copyright, contents, text, photographs, held, 2009, 112, 2010, 163, 2011, 143, 2012, 2013, archive, family, impeccable, take, personally, assumptions, dismiss, whatever, insults, flesh, shall, walt, whitman, abolish, policemen, carry, clubs, revolvers, put, squad, armed, teeth, mark, twain, jack, kerouac, intend, live, forever, steven, wright, four, self, view, complete, profile, united, states, please, older, afraid, discovered, easy, overdo, clemens, starck, 1937, traveling, incognito, latchbolt, engages, strike, final, soft, thud, pass, closes, behind, unlock, whereas, doors, metaphorical, complaining, silently, performing, function, rarely, vigilant, regular, surface, mounted, parallel, installation, overhead, jamb, concealed, beneath, threshold, justice, repeatedly, disrupted, courtroom, cincinnati, charles, norton, slamming, invented, 1876, mechanism, filled, hydraulic, fluid, snug, cylinder, resistance, encounters, wants, return, urge, damped, takes, remembers, relinquish, control, doorway, compressed, extended, pushing, pulling, works, combination, consisting, primarily, worth, considering, ordinary, submit, device, verse, although, heretofore, unconsidered, brief, lecture, consider, closing, recall, hearing, cry, couldn, tent, jackson, wyoming, 1970, closed, disappointment, sleep, cafe, somewhere, line, bite, eat, shooting, pool, playing, jukebox, noticed, played, fans, drove, elk, faithful, does, tune, rest, leaving, finally, radio, announcer, lining, graceland, pay, respects, today, outweighs, losing, king, person, hurting, struggles, wonders, honors, grief, edward, hopper, nathan, strange, order, betrayal, towns, courage, whoever, cup, young, brunette, kidded, waitress, aged, blonde, studied, faces, motel, shop, depression, filling, settled, blanket, room, helpless, cried, hills, fog, rivers, mist, noons, quickly, dusks, twilights, linger, midnights, stay, composed, main, sub, coalbins, closets, attics, pantries, faced, empty, walks, sound, ray, bradbury, called, liked, hour, dawn, tender, beginnings, wednesday, tony, zimnoch, consistently, exception, intro, pieces, photo, simone, felice, john, huba, everton, blogspot, html, answer, hadn, planned, apparently, posting, vincent, van, gogh, waiting, irises, lot, run, artist, picasso, farmer, stepladder, provides, eggs, husband, gardens, neck, really, permanent, determined, fiction, writer, counted, fresh, complement, support, creativity, thank, vimeo, getting, unbreakable, spines, artwork, gracing, fallen, represent, care, present, opportunity, everywhere, bank, postage, stamps, fear, falling, wayside, expediency, seems, indoctrinated, lie, savor, minutiae, elements, violets, patch, almost, missed, beauties, captured, walking, feet, bring, since, insects, rule, outnumber, paying, showing, respect, bugs, bed, dear, universe, hmmmmm, wondering, ponder, imponderable, instead, title, practice, birds, frequent, indigo, buntings, moving, rock, arrived, grey, rocks, fellers, girls, louisa, alcott, readers, least, parts, television, represented, remembered, remain, honor, include, cover, james, russell, lowell, illustrations, beloved, winslow, homer, surely, spinning, hands, copy, course, second, hand, bookstores, future, tuesday, bringing, compost, bucket, ducking, poor, pun, stood, listened, outbuildings, tin, additional, grace, slatted, sides, tell, fared, fairly, possibilities, unintended, porcupine, hotel, skunk, lived, quarters, porcupines, prior, notion, collection, afternoon, somewhat, cursory, without, drawn, tucked, highest, shelf, wall, blending, wood, worn, 1922, chicago, everyone, woke, led, excerpts, paean, dogs, offer, pal, taught, fully, itself, feeling, lead, glad, excerpt, especially, spoke, extol, sweetness, placidity, step, entirely, benefit, wild, ride, modernity, concerns, problems, need, attachments, origin, restore, messengers, rich, magical, remind, pleasures, body, graceful, physicality, acuity, rapture, senses, forest, ocean, breath, romps, runs, learn, wherever, wonderful, couple, barred, better, hoot, hear, early, tends, daybreak, settles, sees, grrrrrrs, window, wander, close, mornings, stayed, end, counterpoint, greying, slightly, melancholy, mood, bedtime, lamp, windowsill, heard, continued, asleep, comforting, reassuring, literature, friendship, essential, sustains, else, darkness, jeanie, tomanek, companionship, northern, minnesota, standing, distance, local, celebration, suppose, barely, drop, ground, resting, peacefully, thrilled, events, barked, howled, thing, confusing, opted, later, kitchen, mitchell, coyote, waltz, sites, places, peace, reflection, pictures, leads, bookmarks, ran, decided, borrow, idea, googled, vintage, postcards, downloaded, fit, capture, added, cohen, highly, using, admire, news, snowfall, five, inches, shoveling, become, sisyphean, task, postcard, enlarge, donald, trump, allowed, anywhere, imagined, female, president, imagine, elizabeth, warren, accept, role, hillary, attack, seemed, gentle, appreciate, probably, involve, plus, story, past, within, burns, brighter, basith, image, albarran, cabrera, krishna, autopsy, seasons, familiar, link, adalimon, isn, enough, endless, cave, match, lit, rough, fingers, weaving, silence, unpoisoned, birthright, gorge, fistful, land, left, ageless, grass, plains, sustenance, needed, flickers, folds, lost, everything, weapon, brought, knees, clung, water, elemental, humbled, flag, undulates, wind, hoping, team, wins, wrong, beer, sloshing, stands, snaking, underneath, blindly, brutal, save, hireling, slave, mentions, refuge, pummeling, youth, stanzas, field, tenacious, school, key, sang, homecoming, threw, war, glare, rockets, cared, stated, dovetails, beautifully, talk, fan, colin, kaepernik, because, political, stance, philanthropic, margins, precious, folks, links, joel, department, interior, reading, watercolor, kingfisher, turtles, pond, unsigned, 19th, century, scribd, angelo, goes, find, spending, less, caused, media, closely, segment, months, different, versions, creators, addictive, create, sense, loneliness, anxiety, associated, notably, yes, guardian, covered, topic, offered, insight, flat, screen, phenomena, statements, wake, calls, revealing, younger, technologists, weaning, themselves, products, sending, children, elite, schools, iphones, ipads, banned, argue, trouble, identifying, measure, honesty, unflinching, major, adjustments, interested, learning, https, www, theguardian, technology, oct, dystopia, cmp, share_btn_tw, finding, silent, wait, hidden, comings, goings, miles, hold, stillness, ice, mistakes, done, others, come, tried, hurt, difference, strongest, hate, teach, perfect, exploring,

Text of the page (random words):
ogled vintage postcards downloaded one that fit what i wanted to capture and added lyrics to it from leonard cohen one of my favorite songwriters it s not highly creative but it s fun and i may do a few more either using his lyrics or other songwriters i admire in other news we got our first real snowfall yesterday about five inches i actually love shoveling snow as long as it doesn t become a sisyphean task this was just right i hope all is well in your corner of the world click on the postcard to enlarge posted by teresa evangeline at 11 35 am 20 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday december 12 2015 christmas fireworks and coyotes well it s saturday night in northern minnesota in mid december and i just came in from standing on the porch listening to fireworks in the distance part of a local christmas celebration if i d been willing to go to town i suppose i could have seen them i wasn t willing it s hard to remember christmas is just around the corner when there s barely a drop of snow on the ground and it s in the 40 s buddy who had been resting peacefully on the porch was not real thrilled with this turn of events the fireworks went off he barked the fireworks went off again the coyotes howled the whole thing was turning confusing to him so he opted for going inside and i went with him a few minutes later i m here at the kitchen table listening to and watching joni mitchell sing coyote during the last waltz with the band i love this song and the video so that s what i m doing on this mid december night hope you re having a good night too here s joni posted by teresa evangeline at 8 05 pm 20 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday december 4 2015 the companionship of nature a couple of barred owls better known as hoot owls have been hanging around my place again i hear them after dark and very early in the morning buddy tends to go out just before daybreak settles in on the porch to watch the woods and keep an eye on any critters passing through once he sees something he softly grrrrrrs just to make his presence felt from my table by the window i keep an eye on him in case any of those critters wander a little too close a few mornings ago i stayed outside for a while watching and listening with him two owls started calling from one end of the woods to the other there had been a light snow during the night a nice counterpoint to the morning s greying sky together they created a slightly melancholy mood last night at bedtime as i turned out the little lamp i keep on my windowsill i again heard the owls they continued to call as i fell asleep i found it peaceful and comforting as though reassuring me all is well art literature music friendship all essential to my life but nature sustains me like nothing else can i love knowing there are owls in the woods calling to each other in the darkness painting by jeanie tomanek posted by teresa evangeline at 1 08 pm 32 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday november 29 2015 how to be in love with life good morning everyone when i first woke this morning i felt led to read excerpts from mary oliver s book dog songs her paean to dogs and all they offer us my pal buddy has taught me so much about living life fully how it is to be in love with life itself as i have often said before he is one fine companion i had a feeling as i read it was going to lead me back here i m very glad it has i d like to share an excerpt that especially spoke to me on this cold but beautiful late november morning i want to extol not the sweetness nor the placidity of the dog but the wilderness out of which he cannot step entirely and from which we benefit for wilderness is our first home too and in our wild ride into modernity with all its concerns and problems we need also the good attachments of that origin that we keep or restore dog is one of the messengers of that rich and still magical first world the dog would remind us of the pleasures of the body with its graceful physicality and the acuity and rapture of the senses and the beauty of the forest and ocean and rain and our own breath there is not a dog that romps and runs but we learn from him mary oliver dog songs wherever you are i hope you are all having a wonderful sunday morning posted by teresa evangeline at 8 19 am 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday june 6 2015 caught in a downpour as i was bringing my compost bucket to the garden this morning i got caught in a downpour ducking into the shed a very poor pun i stood and listened as it passed through i may have mentioned a time or two all my outbuildings have tin roofs the garden shed has the additional grace of slatted sides i could listen and watch it was the most fun i ve had in a while it didn t last long but while it did i was reminded of something i wanted to tell you a few weeks ago i went to the cabin to do another walk through to see how it fared through the winter i do this fairly often and have spent some time there looking at possibilities other than its unintended use as a raccoon porcupine hotel for a while a skunk lived under the porch but i believe it has moved on to other quarters the raccoon and porcupines have also moved on now that summer is here prior to this particular walk through i had that morning mentioned to myself how nice it would be to have a book of carl sandburg s poetry i had no notion of which one just one to add to my collection of poetry books that afternoon i went to the cabin and did my usual somewhat cursory looking around without knowing why i felt drawn to a particular set of shelves in the corner i had looked at these shelves before but this time i looked closer and tucked into the corner of the highest shelf against the wall and blending into the wood was a book i took it down and turned it around it was a well worn 1922 edition of carl sandburg s chicago poems posted by teresa evangeline at 10 01 am 38 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 2 2015 when books were books there was a time when books came with nothing but hard covers and unbreakable spines with artwork gracing their covers i have fallen in love with these books and what they represent the care taken to present beauty at every opportunity when art was everywhere even on bank notes and postage stamps i fear they are all falling by the wayside of expediency it seems we are being indoctrinated into the lie that we don t have time to slow down and savor the minutiae of life most days i look to nature for these elements of beauty yesterday i saw white violets in the meadow there was more than one extensive patch i almost missed these quiet beauties as the sky had captured my attention i was walking among them before i looked down and realized all the beauty right there at my feet the book covers that have caught my attention the most are those that bring together my love of books and love of nature i mean who doesn t want to be among the meadow people ever since i realized insects rule the world and far outnumber us i ve been paying more attention and showing a great deal more respect yesterday two little bugs found their way in with my bed sheets they were hanging on for dear life so i took them back outside to their known universe they might not have been ready for a whole new one hmmmmm now i m wondering if that s not exactly why they came inside with my sheets they were ready i will try not to ponder the imponderable too long instead i will think on this title the ways in which i can practice having a quiet eye with the birds who frequent the feeder again this spring the indigo buntings spent a few days with me moving from the feeder to the rock garden as morning arrived against the grey rocks they are so beautiful i don t know about you fellers but for us girls louisa may alcott was a pretty big deal among readers i saw little women at least parts of it on television recently but i didn t see them represented the way they are in my mind s eye so i turned it off and let what i remembered of them remain in her honor i must include this cover and then there s this james russell lowell is the poet the illustrations are by my beloved winslow homer what s inside would surely set my head spinning i would love to get my hands on a copy of it first edition of course i see more second hand bookstores in my future posted by teresa evangeline at 8 57 am 18 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday may 31 2015 getting by with a little help from our friends winter dream 7 by teresa evangeline from cara long on vimeo i ve recently taken a break from twitter perhaps a permanent one but that s yet to be determined while there i found myself among some fine people very creative and very kind one of them is cara long she is a short fiction writer who could always be counted on for something fresh and intriguing she created this short video to complement my poem winter dream 7 and posted it on twitter i am so grateful for her support and her creativity i wanted to post it here to thank her and share it with you posted by teresa evangeline at 6 49 am 11 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday may 29 2015 farm wife it s a lot of fun for me to run across a painting i ve not yet seen by a well known artist whose work i love such is the case with picasso s farmer s wife on a stepladder i m reminded of the woman at the farm across the river who provides eggs for me she and her husband have a beautiful farm with extensive gardens i m so grateful for their presence in my neck of the woods i hope you are all well and having a good spring i think it s going to be a really good summer posted by teresa evangeline at 8 44 am 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday february 9 2015 waiting on the irises well i hadn t planned on taking a break but apparently that s what i m doing i hope all is well with all of you i m still posting over on my poetry blog and hope you ll visit me there spring is just around the corner painting vincent van gogh posted by teresa evangeline at 9 10 am 13 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday november 20 2014 love is the answer always has been always will be tony zimnoch s posts are consistently intriguing and this is no exception i hope you ll go over to his post read the intro and then click on read more for one of the most beautiful pieces i ve read in some time http everton blogspot com 2014 11 blog post html photo of simone felice by john huba posted by teresa evangeline at 5 06 pm 36 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday october 22 2014 prelude to a new day prelude i ve always liked that word for me it is the hour before dawn life s tender beginnings the photograph is mine posted by teresa evangeline at 7 47 am 26 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday october 2 2014 in a country called october the october country that country where it is always turning late in the year that country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist where noons go quickly dusks and twilights linger and midnights stay that country composed in the main of cellars sub cellars coalbins closets attics and pantries faced away from the sun that country whose people are autumn people thinking only autumn thoughts whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain ray bradbury from the october country posted by teresa evangeline at 1 16 pm 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday september 27 2014 for the woman in ithaca the only time i recall hearing someone cry i didn t know or couldn t see was in the tent next to me outside jackson wyoming in the middle of august in the middle of the 1970 s it was also the middle of the night i thought perhaps the bar had closed and disappointment had set in i went back to sleep the next day my companion and i stopped in a bar cafe somewhere up the line to get a bite to eat a few people were shooting pool and playing the jukebox i noticed every song they played was by elvis and thought they sure are elvis fans you know where i m going with this right we drove through yellowstone saw some elk stopped at old faithful the usual things one does in yellowstone still out of tune with the rest of the world it wasn t until we were leaving yellowstone that we finally turned on the radio just as i did so the announcer said they re lining up at graceland to pay their respects when i read this poem today that came to mind but the poignancy of this poem far outweighs for me the poignancy of losing the king this is about a real person hurting over a real life who for all we know still struggles through the occasional night when she wonders i like how the poet honors that grief toast there was a woman in ithaca who cried softly all night in the next room and helpless i fell in love with her under the blanket of snow that settled on all the roofs of the town filling up every dark depression next morning in the motel coffee shop i studied all the made up faces of women was it the middle aged blonde who kidded the waitress or the young brunette lifting her cup like a toast love whoever you are your courage was my companion for many cold towns after the betrayal of ithaca and when i order coffee in a strange place still i say lifting this is for you leonard nathan painting by edward hopper posted by teresa evangeline at 12 18 pm 31 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday september 5 2014 things to consider when closing a door i m afraid i ve discovered a new poet i ll try to go easy on you not overdo it this is the one i started with a brief lecture on door closers although heretofore unconsidered in verse or in song the ordinary door closer is i submit a device well worth considering consisting primarily of a spring and a piston in combination here s how it works you open a door either pushing or pulling the spring is compressed the piston extended now having passed through the doorway you relinquish control and the door closer takes over the spring remembers how it was it wants to return but the urge is damped by the resistance the piston encounters snug in its cylinder filled with hydraulic fluid such is the mechanism of the door closer invented in 1876 by charles norton when a slamming door in a courtroom in cincinnati repeatedly disrupted the administration of justice whether concealed beneath the threshold or overhead in the head jamb whether surface mounted as a parallel arm installation or as a regular arm door closers are ever vigilant silently performing their functio...