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	<title>Viviculture</title>
	<link>http://www.viviculture.org</link>
	<description>Love life</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 02:30:28 +0000</lastBuildDate>
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		<title>snow on ice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[finally, a little snow&#8230;
long awaited, ached for
tired crust of old snow
frozen and refrozen
brittle with stress and irritation
a gentle shhhhhhh of wet flakes on ice
cool, calm, breathe
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		<link>http://www.viviculture.org/2008/02/28/1244/snow-on-ice</link>
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		<title>hungry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[a bright sun, almost too bright
snow slowly melting back from the edges of the driveway
ice crystals, matted plants
leaving patches of bare ground on southerly slopes
but I can&#8217;t get too comfortable
there&#8217;s still a cold wind
it refreshes but won&#8217;t let me stand still
plants visible
but the ground frozen hard
growing indoors &#8211; wheatgrass only now, for the cats (to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viviculture.org/2008/02/27/1243/hungry</link>
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		<title>diminuendo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[a bit crisper
some sun, a breeze
better defined
but then the day gets sidetracked by one, small problem,
but one which resists resolution for hours
and the rest of the day piles up.
when it&#8217;s finally fixed
and I look up
the sun is gone.
The clouds are low and flat and purple in the West.
A few hours later I hear solo piano, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viviculture.org/2008/02/26/1242/diminuendo</link>
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		<title>fog to hope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[fog, just plain fog,
barely freezing and then not at all.
whiffs of warm air float by my nose
tantalizing scents &#8211; the spices of spring.
There will still be slush and mud and gray days, but
for today the fog burns off, and there is
sun and birdsong and hope.
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		<link>http://www.viviculture.org/2008/02/25/1241/fog-to-hope</link>
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		<title>fading in</title>
		<description><![CDATA[day fading in
  purple, blue, pink pastels
  trees emerging from the dark and haze
moon fading out
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		<link>http://www.viviculture.org/2008/02/24/1240/fading-in</link>
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		<title>hatless</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bright, diffuse sun,
glowing snow &#8211; soft, radiant
snow looking like clouds, glowing pink, then yellow, then white
as the sun climbs higher.
Upper 30s.
Warm morning, warm day (warmth is relative) -
no hat, no gloves, no coat.
It&#8217;s been a long time
and the sun feels good,
and the cool air on my bare head
and I smile through and through.
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		<link>http://www.viviculture.org/2008/02/23/1239/hatless</link>
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		<title>staying home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[more relaxed again
staying home
skirting the edges of a cold
but not (yet) slipping in
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		<link>http://www.viviculture.org/2008/02/22/1238/staying-home</link>
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		<title>relax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[another orange moon at dawn
resting in the trees
I run out of time (again)
and feel a little panic-stricken at first
but then (realizing that some of it can, really, honestly, wait),
I manage to let go of my to-do list
and relax and enjoy my busy-ness for a while.
But (naturally) I enjoy it even more when it stops,
or at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viviculture.org/2008/02/21/1237/relax</link>
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		<title>moon watch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[at 6:30 in the morning
a huge, orange moon rests on the western horizon
12 below zero, again
at 6:30 in the evening
everywhere I go, every twist and turn
the full moon follows, up high and watching me
at 8:45 at night
the moon again takes on an orange cast
but this time it&#8217;s a lunar eclipse
like looking at the sun through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viviculture.org/2008/02/20/1236/moon-watch</link>
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		<title>stark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A tree trunk in shadow stands dark, forbidding, ominous,
blocking me
from the cold glare of the sunlit snow beyond.
character-building times&#8230;
cold that retreats for a day
only to come back and linger.
no snow, no rain,
just a dust of flurries riding a mocking wind.
dry cold
my skin cracks
my fingers click against each other
like frozen twigs,
black against a
drained, colorlessness sky.
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		<link>http://www.viviculture.org/2008/02/19/1235/stark</link>
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