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No word or image on this blog may be reproduced in any manner without written permission from Jill MellickJIll Mellickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326372722141802404noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423377637835371428.post-83705975981216566932007-01-23T07:35:00.000-08:002007-01-23T07:37:21.847-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjdDmwB8Vuw/RbYrqENtJyI/AAAAAAAAABI/WeQjZKpIr28/s1600-h/KN001078_1.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjdDmwB8Vuw/RbYrqENtJyI/AAAAAAAAABI/WeQjZKpIr28/s320/KN001078_1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023250436064093986" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3423377637835371428-8370597598121656693?l=jillmellick.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JIll Mellickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326372722141802404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423377637835371428.post-80030844618897751542007-01-22T22:04:00.000-08:002007-01-22T22:08:39.430-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjdDmwB8Vuw/RbWk90NtJwI/AAAAAAAAAA4/75l4KInA23s/s1600-h/KN001088_1.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjdDmwB8Vuw/RbWk90NtJwI/AAAAAAAAAA4/75l4KInA23s/s320/KN001088_1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023102341296760578" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3423377637835371428-8003084461889775154?l=jillmellick.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JIll Mellickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326372722141802404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423377637835371428.post-85043494717571237442007-01-18T22:05:00.000-08:002007-01-18T22:06:14.321-08:00Not in a hood,<br />as a skull,<br />as an ovoid blackness,<br />the angel of death<br />wanders through my night<br />but as a plump, ordinary woman<br />midsixties, motherly,<br />quiet, comfortable,<br />practical-shoed pace,<br />smiling, unremarkable,<br />short-haired, grandmotherly,<br />not designed to preside<br />over businesses and corporations<br />but over the small particularities<br />of the last breath.<br /><br />And she tells me without words<br />she does double duty<br />as the angel of life<br />presiding over the small particulars<br />of birth, of the first breath.<br /><br />She watches<br />settling her rounded plainness down,<br />as your father rises this dawn<br />from his bed, disconnected,<br />and stands<br />tall, magnificent, frail,<br />with elegant, large eyes<br />and looks his blessing and praise<br />upon each of you<br />one by one<br />.<br />She is as quietly pleased<br />with her work<br />as a cook<br />to whose sweet bowl we return <br />to lick our fingers<br />again and again.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3423377637835371428-8504349471757123744?l=jillmellick.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JIll Mellickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326372722141802404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423377637835371428.post-17255368849615114942007-01-18T21:47:00.000-08:002007-01-18T21:55:30.379-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjdDmwB8Vuw/RbBcekNtJuI/AAAAAAAAAAk/gtXw5GfcdwE/s1600-h/field+near+manchester,+vemont.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UjdDmwB8Vuw/RbBcekNtJuI/AAAAAAAAAAk/gtXw5GfcdwE/s320/field+near+manchester,+vemont.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5021615264705095394" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3423377637835371428-1725536884961511494?l=jillmellick.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JIll Mellickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326372722141802404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423377637835371428.post-65285512821559632982007-01-16T22:11:00.000-08:002007-01-16T22:20:05.191-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjdDmwB8Vuw/Ra2_u0NtJtI/AAAAAAAAAAY/nyna0m7Txes/s1600-h/lighthouse,+santa+cruz.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjdDmwB8Vuw/Ra2_u0NtJtI/AAAAAAAAAAY/nyna0m7Txes/s320/lighthouse,+santa+cruz.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020879970598987474" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3423377637835371428-6528551282155963298?l=jillmellick.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JIll Mellickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326372722141802404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423377637835371428.post-13006579412492178992007-01-16T22:03:00.000-08:002007-01-16T22:09:15.816-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjdDmwB8Vuw/Ra29F0NtJsI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Et_J0nEO5MU/s1600-h/green+river+in+fall.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UjdDmwB8Vuw/Ra29F0NtJsI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Et_J0nEO5MU/s320/green+river+in+fall.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020877067201095362" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3423377637835371428-1300657941249217899?l=jillmellick.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JIll Mellickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17326372722141802404noreply@blogger.com1