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Lynn McLure's avatar

wow wonderful and timely post…I have been watching Andrea on YouTube and reading her poems. She was only 49 but shared so much wisdom. As usual thanks for adding to the goodness of my morning.

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Doreen Bortz's avatar

Thank you for every glorious word here. Thank you for honoring Andrea. Thank you for filling my heart with prayers of gratitude for what I already have.

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Darrell McGowan's avatar

So powerful to lovingly embrace what is as it is. Thank you for the reminder.

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Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

Maple, Andrea, James

wild raspberries, alive-ness!

Prayer~ Love Here Now.

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Shawn Parell's avatar

https://open.substack.com/pub/shawnparell/p/narrated-essay-hold-it-up-like-a-telescope?r=4m6yg&utm_medium=ios

(Also raspberries, serendipitously, arrived in this tribute to Andrea)…

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James Crews's avatar

Thank you for this!

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Karly Randolph Pitman's avatar

Thank you, James. The image of the tree, taken suddenly, side by side with Andrea's death touched me deeply.

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James Crews's avatar

Thank you for noticing and receiving that, Karly. It has been a very emotional week for all of us, losing Andrea.

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Poetry Tracks In Snow Holly L's avatar

It was lovely to hear you read this last night and equally delightful to walk through your words again today.

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James Crews's avatar

Thank you for being here and for joining us the other evening!

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Kim June Johnson's avatar

This was lovely to read, both the poem and the essay.

I wrote about Andrea and raspberries too!

https://open.substack.com/pub/kimjunejohnson/p/ive-been-teary-today?r=zgxqe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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James Crews's avatar

Beautiful!

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Lou Dunham's avatar

Thank you for this beautiful tribute — so fitting and so healing for those of us who are missing her bright spirit.

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Troy Putney's avatar

Beautiful. Thank you. 🙏🏻

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