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Dreaming of the Canyon

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After watching a documentary on the Grand Canyon tonight, I quickly became homesick. I’ve been there when the tourists have gone into hibernation and the winter snows have settled upon the ledges. The South Rim is very peaceful in the wintertime and I hope to plan a trip soon. It will help me rejuvenate from the modern society that has sucked my spirit dry. Way out there, in the middle of those canyonlands, the stars glow like candles at night. It’s a desert dreamer’s escape from the reality that plagues this sad, sad world.

Hummingbirds

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It was cloudy today, I thought it might rain. The weather cheered up though and it’s warm and sunny. The trees are calm and not much is happening in the little town of Cedar City. While eating breakfast on the porch this morning, a hummingbird came into the yard pollinating the flowers, and it stayed for a while. Cute little fellow, he was happy! We don’t see too many of them in mother’s yard. Out in Parowan where my grandmother has hummingbird feeders hanging all over the place – including the garden, there are plenty of them flying everywhere. They’ve …

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A Break in the Drought

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Today the rain clouds are coming in quickly. Last night it rained hard for about twenty minutes. Utah has been suffering a five year drought. Until about four days ago, the desert hasn’t seen a drop of rain. Fire danger was at extreme, and everything looked dried up. They say this Utah is the second driest in the US. Last summer, it was one fire after another. The other day I went north of town in the direction the thunderheads were traveling. About 18 miles out, I parked the car on the desert and watched the sun slowly go down …

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Dealing with Selfishness

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Here’s another post for today. Just wanted to add some extra thoughts, that are either excessive, or depressive! Lets add to the idea of self-pity; how do you eliminate such a pitiful disease? Its a hard thing to overcome to a large extent. Learning proper compassion is much harder! You’re either serving your own agenda and interests, or your actually caring and helping other people! Trying to overcome the fact that you are an incredibly self-centered person, is like trying to dodge a hurdle as high as Mt. Everest. I thought I had somewhat overcame the issues of Selfishness, but …

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A Place to Vent

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This Journal is a pleasure to write in. It releases all the couped up feelings, and they ARE selfish feelings. If I can spew them out, or vent them in fashion, its all cool! Dealing with everyday life is hard. Dealing with the urge to want something more is even harder. Where’s the ultimate freedom of choice? If anyone is reading this, I want you to know that I haven’t allowed commenting for my visitors quite yet. When I find out how they can be moderated, then I will allow commenting to take place. “An audience to quote me on …

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The Lamoreaux Family Reunion

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This morning I will head out to our ranch at Summit, Ut, to help my Grandfather lay sod for this little yard he is making. Summit is out there in the Sage Brush. This weekend we are having the Lamoreaux Family reunion. My grandpa was in charge of it this year, but waited until the last moment to get things prepared. My mother helped out with organizing the events, such as dinner plans, a family talent show, and other cool things. Theres no Bathrooms out at the ranch, no running water in any of the houses either. I’m a little …

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Welcome to my Blog!

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A couple days ago, I found this awesome Blogging software on the web called, Movable Type. Its a simple tool that is used by Bloggers everywhere. When I found out that it was free for personal use, I’ve decided to try it. Don’t know how long I will use it, but it’s fun at the moment! The hard part was getting it installed on the server. And had to configure the CGI script and make sure that the proper Perl modules were installed in order for the program to run. It was a pain to set up, but when it …

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Fire of Silence

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The uncanny feelings slither through this cavernous vista like the lonely fire that burns within the phantoms and faded shadows that once had casted forth The living trance would once long ago in the ancient times, howl and clamor a deep declaration from the coyotes in the flourishing, rolling hills of eternal rest The emotion of blazing skies would burn the candled nights beneath the green, talking cedars. The clouds shattered by so many ages without a footstep never even faded. Truly the soil, and the blue skies of this ripe sphere was a rest and a haven to give …

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The Treeman

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 I found this red story with a voice, that was full of instructions, given to me by the forest walker. It is where I bathed in strange conversations with the tree man. His mind made of wood, his heart, full of the place around him. The forest depths are like his purity. But I feel his restlessness. I am headed for his power. In the darkness my headlights go out. It is the cabin in the wilderness, I find him. By a lake where the big beast lives. Where monsters walk on two legs. Where the clouds and wind never …

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Blue Sky People

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Out there in the wilderness, where the Blue Sky People wonder, walk, and sleep; is where the old eternal hills rest. The cold winter passes, and in the summer, noon drips off ancient trees. Junipers, and pinions cover the Plateaus. Brush poppers hide, such as the rabbit, the coyote, and the deer. Eagles and Ravens share the blue palace….

Younger Ponderings

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I am lonely sometimes in the way that I feel about life. Hardly any one I know agrees with me. I feel sad because I find a beauty that I can never put down. I carry it in my heart. My spirit can not be broken because I have found my place in life. I cannot go back to my past. My future will be radical. I have found my song. It is in my soul that I can stir up the old way.

Desert of Dreams

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All over that country I drive that junker wherever it will allow me to go. Out to places without any incredible features, to places that are starving without the green beauty. Areas that are flat and deadlike, and have their own loneliness. Out there in the desert the dreams, and ghosts pass by bottomless mountain ranges under blue sky. The Creator created this place for me to love. I love traveling a highway for 100 miles without services. In three days I might only see one other car or truck. The power of the sky and the desert, I cannot get it …

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Smell of Smoke

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In the night, the smell of smoke from some old fire reminds me of forgotten traditions. The sky is filled with candled stars that make the desert glow. What is it that makes the fire of silence burn so hot? My spirit will not stay shut up. I will find the ways of truth. The sky and earth is where I search.

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