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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:30:01 PDT

For Memorial Day ~~~ Reliving History Francette Cerulli This must have been what it was like the summer before the Great War, Photo Source quiet towns just like this, men and...

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More on lung cancer

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:30:01 PDT

1952 Ad (source) On Monday I talked about the finger-pointing that goes along with lung cancer. "Did s/he smoke?" is the first question that accompanies the news of a diagnosis. A couple...

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Taking it all so personally...

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:20:00 PDT

Let me admit something upfront. I am not invested in our culture of celebrity. I don't read People Magazine, frequent TMZ, or watch Entertainment Tonight. I know plenty of people,...

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Poetry Friday (I'm still here!)

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:55:12 PDT

Lamium by Louise Gluck This is how you live when you have a cold heart. As I do: in shadows, trailing over cool rock, under the great maple trees. The sun hardly touches me. Photo...

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Your Silence Will Not Save You

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:00:11 PDT

Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times That title is a paraphrase of a quote by Audre Lorde. Late last week, we learned that Adam Yauch died at age 47. A cultural icon for my generation, many...

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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:02:54 PDT

I'm not one much for poetry in forms or rhyming, but this one came to my email inbox this week and I was really taken by it. I'm not even sure what the *bleep* it means, but there's something...

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10 Things They Won't Tell You

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:09:40 PDT

I get as tired as anyone of all those top 5 things to do to be happy or top 10 things to do to become a millionaire. Lists are usually too generic to be meaningful, or generalize things that should...

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Flying Pig

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:36:14 PDT

Even though I'm only up to running 2.25 miles, I think I'm going to go ahead with my plan for running the 5K in Cincinnati's Flying Pig Marathon this weekend. What's the worse that can happen?...

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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:20:16 PDT

Inspired by a trip my family took to Mammoth Cave National Park earlier this month. Geology Lesson -Katie Ford Hall A single drop starts it all Mingling with air it picks up carbon...

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Painting

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:14:52 PDT

My boss gave me this painting the other day. She bought it some time ago from the artist, Charles Grund. It's kind of nightmare-ish, don't you think? Evocative, no doubt. How...

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Self-limiting beliefs

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:20:44 PDT

Readers of a certain age will remember the last lines of The Breakfast Club... Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did...

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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:10:16 PDT

Dedicated to a friend of mine, whose mother is ill. I've been waiting for the right time to post this. It's one of my favorite poems. We're also approaching Earth Day, and this...

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'Tude

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:00:05 PDT

Not a cancer diagnosis goes by without someone saying, "Keep a positive attitude. That makes all the difference." Well... no. Having health insurance, access to good doctors, a strong...

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Hatchlings

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:08:27 PDT

I know it's fuzzy, but you should have seen how the mama bird freaked out when I, uh, sent my 10 year old son up to take the picture. Really! He wanted to go!! I assume they're ok....

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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:16:14 PDT

Nest, A Poem Katie Ford Hall Nest, four oblong eggs Blue too perfect to be real Edge of being born Her body’s her gift Sometimes that isn’t enough Hawks are never...

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4 YPC

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:04:37 PDT

I used to dislike birthdays. Not all birthdays, just mine, and mainly because I was invested in that aging = bad idea that we have going on in our society. The other day, I was looking at...

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In Plain Sight

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:56:07 PDT

Yesterday was, of course, Easter. At Mass, we read a short story from the Gospel of John. It's chapter 20, if you feel like looking it up. Here's the story (in my words). Mary...

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Musical Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:14:53 PDT

It's Good Friday and I'm reminded of this rule my kids told me about a few years ago. You aren't supposed to say Hallelujah or its translational counterpart, Alleluia, during Lent. I grew...

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Must-read post by Mary Pierce Brosmer

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:17:56 PDT

I had the distinct honor of previewing this article by Mary Pierce Brosmer and knew I wanted to share it here. Now, here it is. Please take a minute to read this short but profound statement...

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What Has to Be

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:00:09 PDT

Sorry (again) for my sporadic presence. It's been a strange six months for me. I'm still trying to figure out why and how I've changed, but sometimes I read back to previous entries and...

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Poetry Let's-Pretend-It's-Still Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:59:51 PDT

(because then I won't be late) Dislocation by Marge Piercy It happens in an instant. My grandma used to say someone is walking on your grave. Photo credit It's that moment when...

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A Story of Mammography

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:12:27 PDT

This afternoon, I was discussing mammograms with some friends. It seems to have become the litmus test of where you stand on the breast cancer question, as if the only two places are pink and...

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Poetry Saturday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:08:32 PDT

Beannacht ("Blessing") On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of...

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Poetry Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:18:52 PST

Sweet Darkness ~ David Whyte ~ When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has...

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Still here

noreply@blogger.com (Katie Ford Hall) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:08:39 PST

It has been a month since I've written anything here and I suspect you know why. On February 6, my friend and fellow blogger, Rachel Cheetham Moro died of metastatic breast cancer. What...

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