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Author Archives: Glen-Peter Ahlers
Did You See The Moon Last Night?
Did you see the moon last night? It wasn’t an extraordinary sight, waxing Gibbous, just a tad off full. But it spoke to me. I was walking the dog and the moon spoke to me. My wife and I had … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989 World Series, Al Michaels, Astronomy, Earth, Full moon, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, Tim McCarver
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We’re Whole Only When We’re Together
Business and immediate life circumstances keep me from being with my fiancé. This bugs the beloobies out of us, but we know it’s temporary and so we endure. “The apartment,” she told me this morning, “is a little colder and … Continue reading
Loving Her is Easier Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again
Often songs are poignant because they lament Love’s loss. How sad that we too often take Love for granted and appreciate it only after it is gone. She was physically forgotten/Then she slipped into my pocket/With my car keys, sings … Continue reading
Posted in Life Lessons, Love
Tagged Long-distance relationship, Paul Simon, Poetry, Relationships, Romance, Significant other, Skype
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How Can You Be Sure?
The impatience of youth propels us in and out of Love at rocket speed, sometimes at the rate of one or more girlfriends or boyfriends a week. We’re indiscriminate in youth. Our puppy loves are actually likes, but we call … Continue reading
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Where There is Love There Are Dreams
Kris Kristofferson sings about lonely Sunday morning church bells echoing through the canyons like the disappearing dreams of yesterday. With that lyric he captures exquisitely a man alone on a Sunday morning, alone without even a dream. For many, Love … Continue reading
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Tagged Church bell, Dream, Kris Kristofferson, Music, Poetry, Romance
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A Part Of, Not Apart From
My seven year old’s softball team finished up its fall season today and the toothless wonders celebrated with pizza, soda, and chips. The focus was on softball and the coaches recounted how each teammate had improved over the season. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridges of Madison County, Clint Eastwood, Family, Love, Meryl Streep, Mom and Dad, Parent, Teacher
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Why Does Love Grow Cold?
People ask how come we stop loving. Why does Love grow cold? Why does Love’s fire cool off? Well, for one thing, we can’t emotionally and mentally keep up forever the frenetic pace of blooming into Love. We need the … Continue reading
Rollercoaster Love
I asked my mother years ago why it was that my first girlfriend could so suddenly, swiftly, and silently deliver me from great soaring heights to the deepest of despairs. I was fortunate because this girlfriend and I were together … Continue reading
Avocado Love
My Lover swims in me and I in her. How else can she, out of town at the moment, think of avocados and ask me if we needed any at home—at precisely the same instant I placed an avocado in … Continue reading
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Every Pot Has A Lid
One grey afternoon my daughter and I were waiting in the car for her siblings to get out of school. It was misting and small droplets of rain speckled the windows. Suddenly a small, green frog hopped up out of … Continue reading
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Avocado Love 