Years go by, and it is interesting to reflect upon major events and small remembrances.

A favorite coffee mug is from a restaurant that is no longer there.  My mother bought another mug, with my name.

Lake Michigan seemed timeless years ago, yet the water levels and beach have changed a lot over the years.  Always changing, and beautiful.

The sunflowers remind me of a field of sunflowers I saw when I drove back north from my mother’s home for several years.  I loved learning the country roads.

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no longer
a stranger
the joy of being able
to share long stories
of this area

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home from Sheboygan
grateful for the same roads
this long

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five roads
from this corner
now I know
my way home
on them all

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roses in the sun
some ending
some beginning
and some in full bloom
good to grow older

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Ellen Grace Olinger