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My First Watch
My first watch.I am 6 or 7.It is a child's Timex,small to fit my wrist. I am so proud.I stare at the minute hand,trying, trying to see it move.I don't. It will be in a new place,but I don't see… Continue reading
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In the Trailer Park
In my 20s,while attending graduate school,I lived in a trailer parkin Kalamazoo, Michigan.Many daysI'd go running around the outer edge of the park,a distance of about 1/4 mile.I'd run around and around the same narrow, asphalt street,past the same rusty… Continue reading
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Mirrored Elevators
Why do so many elevator manufacturersline elevator wallswith mirrors? It could beto give potentially claustrophobic closetsan anxiety-reducing sense of spaciousness. It could be to feed our vanity. It could be that elevator designersare generally a good-looking lotwho figure that viewing… Continue reading
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Halloween, 2011
Zombies are hot this year;The Walking Deadis a runaway hit for AMC;major cities around the countryhold zombie crawls. Sociologists theorizeit's an expression of our national tendancytoward mindless, insatiable consumerism.To openly acknowledge thisis to threaten the glue holding America together.After all, the answer… Continue reading
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What Dolores Wrote
Somewhere in rural Nebraska,in her farmhouse kitchen,as was her custom,Dolores wrote on the square of chalkboardher axiom of the week: We don't need more of what we've got, we just need to be more grateful for it. Within two… Continue reading
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Conquered by Love
I want love to winthe conflict that wages within,the conflicts that rage without. I want to be vanquished by love. I want to see the love of God everywhere. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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That Which Is Next
That which is next for youlurks around the corner,ready to pounce.You can hide, resist, fight–but it sill comes:illness, unemployment, conflict, loneliness. Or you could say,"That which is next–I'm ready to greet you.We will be companions.I may not best you,but I… Continue reading
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Scenic Turnout
"Nice view," we say–snap two quick pics–back in the car,eyes wide for the next DQ. Stop. Turn around and drive back. Get out of the car and stand thereuntil you feel yourself sink into the landscape. What's written for you in… Continue reading
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Rest
All by itself rest is a form of prayer– necessary prayer. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading