Tag: gloomy
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January 30, 2020
The days here have been gloomy and dark. Recently, I pulled an old book of Peanuts cartoons off the shelf. Every morning now, I read a few poems and follow the poems with Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy. Every morning, I think and feel and marvel. Then l laugh out loud. Poetry and Peanuts and…
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February 3, 2015
I woke up feeling gloomy. I went for a walk. The world was mostly dark. The skies were heavy. My gloominess persisted. Then I passed a house just as someone raised a shade and revealed a book-filled, lamp-lit room. Those wonderful lines of Mary Oliver’s went through my head: “Whoever you are, no matter how…