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Pockets of Freedom, Encounters with Agitation

Not mine. I let go.

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Field Note: Parenting in the Wild

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Choosing to Grow

The difference between Choice and Acceptance is slight. I radically accept what I did not choose. And that is brining me peace.

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Field Note: Growing Where I’m stuck

Maybe it is a case of the blahs or whatevers, but whatever it is, it is what it is, and I can find peace in it.

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POEM: When You Know, You Know

Early autumn. When you know you know you know. You see it in the light. You hear it in the cricket chirps. You taste and smell it. We’ve stepped over. Finally. To fall.

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Field Note: Moving Into Cozy Time

Gratitude long before November arrives. The gift of quieter, more personal traditions.

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Field Note: The Number Stayed Still

Sorry, I have abs with organs and I enjoy wine. <3

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Field Note — Sunday, Before 10

Domestic Day Sunday. Home. Hearth. Health.

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Poem: The Dream Survives

Run. Run. Run.

Through the chambers of my heart.

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Learning What Matters

Letting it flow. Letting it go. Coming home to myself.

D Van Ness 9/4/26 D Van Ness 9/4/26

The Withered One Does Not Rule the World

I’m with the wild ones. The cycles that can’t be tamed.

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Light After the Lightning Strike

Tree of Light, Tree of Life

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Field Note: I’m Not Doing It Right

Again. And again. And again.

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Field Note: Tucking the Day to Bed on the Sound Side

Just a sunset. Just a ritual.

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Field Note: Late Summer Loping Of Vines - OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

Overgrown its welcome. Snip!

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Field Note: I Mapped It Out Myself 🧭

aspirational but that is ok - my whole life is aspirational

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Fieldnote Prompt: I’m checking out on’em

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Sundays Souvenirs of Terrible Years

Sundays Souvenirs

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Field Note — Six Hours

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Life has markers. Listen to them.

Life Has Markers. Listen to them.

A Dawn Every Day Artist