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Jennifer Searls

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July 1, 2020

Glimmers of Gold

17 beats

Backyard chickens in thelate evening light And I am filled with delight 

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May 15, 2020

welcome to the neighborhood

Alaska, Seasons, Window Thinking

When we moved into this house the previous owner left us a note on the counter. Welcome home! she said. And also…..there are magpies! The magpies indeed. For two and a half years now, magpies have been the main bird on the block. Periodically there’s a protest in the neighborhood online bulletin board: WHOEVER IS …

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May 2, 2020

so many doors

17 beats

I’ve been working puzzlesfrom a boxalso fromthe stuff of my life.

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April 26, 2020

grateful

17 beats

Pussy willows highagainst a deep blue sky meanSpring! has sprung again.

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April 22, 2020

urban farmers

17 beats

Concept becomes reality and we have chickens in our basement. See also: brotherly love (Ryan’s birthday present from Ethan was a 3d printed Speckled Sussex stuffed with cash)

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April 22, 2020

walk in the light

17 beats

mud at my feetheavy clouds overhead beautiful light in my view

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April 21, 2020

#aklife

17 beats

Sometimeslarge, wild creaturesstop by here as if simply to say,hello. 

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April 20, 2020

gorgeous rhythms

17 beats

When all the world feels topsy turvyyet stillthe birds come back thank you. (see also) August 21: over and through

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April 19, 2020

write it on your heart

17 beats, Alaska, hope

In the long dark and the deep cold this day can be hard to remember.

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April 19, 2020

when you pass through the waters….

brain injury, Grief, Window Thinking

Last week I read an article that quoted our state doctor:  The sooner we can learn to kind of swim in this new water rather than just kind of holding on to the edge of the past, the stronger and more resilient we’ll be. – Anne Zink When I hear talk of normal/new normal these …

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April 17, 2020

these days

17 beats

Early birdswork in the puddleswhile they waitfor better real estate.

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April 16, 2020

seasons change

17 beats

They are just boots,but these boots shout: That winter is behind us at last!

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April 15, 2020

Chipping Time

17 beats

Mushy layers andmelty edges,the ice gives way to solid ground.

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April 9, 2020

stay tuned

17 beats

I know that somewhere in all of this there is a pathand it goes through.  

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April 6, 2020

sky watch

17 beats

Super Pink (pandemic) MoonVenus and the PleiadesLightFor the Night

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April 3, 2020

COVID Season

17 beats

Some say, At least they can’t cancel spring! I say – gotta take the long view. 

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March 29, 2020

backyard practice

17 beats

so much bad news yet still we plant  we watch we wait we hope  right here now

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March 28, 2020

Walking With The Wild Things

Alaska, Window Thinking

Moose wander our neighborhood more often during these long, warming days. Every time we let the dog out to the backyard we have to first do a visual moose check because sometimes ….. It’s always a quirky surprise to look up and see these seeming gentle giants meander along sidewalks and across backyards, munching our shrubs and …

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March 26, 2020

Living in the Age of COVID-19

Alaska, Grief

The HunkerDown AnchorTown Patrol makes unannounced rounds and we are glad to report tonight – we were home and our hands were clean! Our helpers need us to PLEASE STAY HOME.

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March 25, 2020

New York Headlines

17 beats

I pull a puzzle from my shelf and piece together pandemic prayer. 

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March 23, 2020

take me to the river

Grief, hope, prayer, Window Thinking

I logged onto Facebook several times today, intending to post about the COVID-19 POUNDS that I fear are a very real risk associated with the current Work From Home HUNKER DOWN policy in Anchorage. I mean!!! We’ve got Ethan managing our lunch room!!! #realsideffects I never actually wrote the post though because there was something …

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March 21, 2020

such a thing as glory

17 beats

At the end of this long grey day the sun sets our horizon on fire.

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March 19, 2020

Equinox, Anchorage, 2020

17 beats

Big fat snowflakes falllike rain on a sloppy dayand we call it Spring! This picture is from a couple nights ago, but only because it’s better than the one I snapped tonight as we crossed the line from winter to spring.

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March 17, 2020

Looking, Listening, Finding Grace

hiking, Window Thinking

Yesterday I sat awhile in the sunshine. It was an icebox out there in the backyard, and yet the sun felt warm on my face. I put a pause on my day and went out to sit with it. Today the clouds came back and by afternoon the snow was falling again. Tonight it falls …

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