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Julie Gammack's avatar

Oh, wow! I had no clue, either!

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Debra Engle's avatar

I know, right? xoxo

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Birrell Walsh's avatar

This is sweet. It reminds me of walking in midwinter into a New Mexico cabin where they are stirring piñon pine in the fire. Incense hits you in the chest and the heart.

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Debra Engle's avatar

Beautiful memory, Birrell.

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Kathi Zimpleman's avatar

Thank you for this, Debra. The sweetness in this story flows from one line to the next. This one is going to be on my mind for a long while.

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Debra Engle's avatar

Thank you, Kathi.

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Suzanna de Baca's avatar

So sweet and romantic! I used cotyledon in a poem once and was cautioned by poet friends maybe that was too biology-y. Not accessible, true.

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Debra Engle's avatar

Oh, but that word rolls off the tongue. Cotyledon. Seems like a perfectly poetic word, especially with your connection to nature, Suzanna.

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Suzanna de Baca's avatar

perhaps it needed more context. I'll dig out the poem and send it to you!

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Debra Engle's avatar

I'd love that!

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Kali White VanBaale's avatar

THIS! "How does a name acknowledge someone or something? How would the world be different if we were all acknowledged on a regular basis?"

Love these questions, Deb.

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Mary Jo Curtis's avatar

Such a lovely story, Deb. I love it!

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