Carol A. Hand
In a single frame
Symbols of civilization
juxtaposed with nature
reaching ever higher
for the light
yearning
to breathe
free
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In a Single Frame
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Voices from the Margins 
as always beautiful:-) thank you for your inspiration!
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments, Robbie, and for your wonderful gardening tips. I’m not sure I will ever be able to eat pansies, though. They’re just too lovely. 🙂
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Very fine poem Carol. Few words to address a complex state. I hope you are having a good weekend. Bob
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Thank you for your always kind words, Bob. It’s a hybrid class weekend, so I don’t have to drive. Students have a chance to read and share the notes they jot about what they’ve learned. I hope you will be watching the night and morning skies, hiking in the mountains with your camera ready, or just enjoying life with your beautiful family. 🙂
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Thank you so much Carol! I have been hoping for clear skies. PS I have really been enjoying your photography.
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I hope your skies clear, Bob. Ours are cloudy with a winter storm advisory in effect – 3 – 6 inches of snow. I appreciate your comment about the photos. It’s been a fun way for me to take a break from the tedious job of editing/rewriting to “get real.” I’m revising chapter 8 at the moment with only 3 more chapters to go to finish the first of a four-part manuscript. I hope to send the first part to an editor for review by next week.
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Hi Carol! Wishing you the best with your manuscript. Editing and rewriting can be a real chore. If you have an editor you trust it may be worth passing it on to them. When it comes to editing photos, I am very good at editing other photographers and terrible at editing my own. That is because my favourite photo is always the last one I took. Sometimes it is difficult to be subjective about what is close. Take care. Enjoy the snow, it can’t last. Bob
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a clear vantage, Carol
offering fair views
for breathing
up wind 🙂
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Ah, yes, David. Here one needs to be mindful which way the wind is blowing, but one neighborhood’s fresh breeze comes at the expense of folks elsewhere. It’s not an easy problem to solve…
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Lovely silhouette and the words garnish its beauty.
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Thank you for your thoughtful comments, Jacqueline, and for sharing your lovely video. 🙂
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Dear Carol,
what wonderful heaven you have above your light head! Great!
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments, Maria. ❤
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Beautifully written, Carol catching the diactomy of nature and modern buildings and civilisation.
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Thank you for your lovely, thoughtful comments, Annika. When I looked out of the window in the morning as I opened the blinds, I saw the looming dark presence of the church steeple and the cloud of factory exhaust highlighted by the sun. The scene was so perfectly framed by the window. I ran for my camera to capture the moment, so perfectly framed, and the poem wrote itself.
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When moments like that work out perfectly (rarely!) I want to give out a cheer of ‘hurrah’! Well done, this was perfect and the poem inspired!
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Beautiful poem, Carol. And an interesting blend of symbols in the photo. It’s evocative.
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Thank you for sharing your thoughtful observations, Diana, and for your always kind words. ❤
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