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Raccoons – A Summer Meditation

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Barbara McAfee

Running through a light drizzle and wafts of green-smell today, I thought about raccoons. I ran by the place on the bluff-top trail where I once turned my head to see an entire family of them arrayed along the length … Continue reading →

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Oh For Goodness Sake – Stand At My Grave and Weep Already!

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Barbara McAfee

Death has been visiting my life a lot in this past year. During those times, I have frequently heard Mary Elizabeth Frye’s well-known poem, “Do No Stand At My Grave and Weep.” This morning as I was lolling abed, I … Continue reading →

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What Is This New Voice?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Barbara McAfee

Long before I wrote songs or books, I wrote poetry.  Lots of it. I was that sensitive teenager whose heart poured out into the pages of her journal. Somewhere along the line, I started creating little chapbooks of them.  There … Continue reading →

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