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Mariah

  • Life Musings

    Thanksgiving (without) malaria

         Light filters through the windows, spiderwebs glisten in the shimmery softness and stillness. The house is empty and I have yet to get dressed, an afternoon of comfort, of Thanksgiving.…

  • Poetry

    Photosynthesis

         On warm autumn afternoons we sit in the sunshine and put fallen leaves in our hair, weaving them in and out, trying our best to glow, to transform the sun’s…

  • Faith, Life Musings

    The Year of Jubilee

          Lately, I have been bursting at the seams with good news. All of my needs are being met with absolutely no effort on my part. Things are falling into…

  • Life Musings

    These days are numbered…

    “These days are numbered.” -The Head and the Heart These days I am drinking less beer and more tea. The kind that promises relaxation.  Like an old woman, I take sips and think…

  • Poetry

    The Fault in Our Stars

    Coffee stained comforters, tea stained books, tear stained cheeks. These days I am spilling and spilling over. Love and loss are enmeshed in the chemistry of my thought patterns, they dictate the…

  • Poetry

    These hands of mine

    Around this time two years ago, my grandmother passed away. When I am overwhelmed with life (which is often, very often) I think of her weak fingers squeezing my hand and the…