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Saturday, April 19, 2008

dove

mourning dove
the widower puts away
his wedding ring

8 Comments:

Blogger J. Andrew Lockhart said...

oh there is so much pain in this one - wonderful work, though

10:21 PM  
Blogger jem said...

Theres a powerful image and story here. Even if its not one I've personally experienced, you give plenty of access to the scene.

3:47 AM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thanks, andrew and Jem. I have had the experience of being a widower.

11:17 AM  
Blogger polona said...

ah, this says so much!
wonderful in a painful way...

11:34 AM  
Blogger Masago said...

A sad image (I hope I don't have to go through).

5:32 PM  
Blogger Bill said...

Thanks, polona and Vaughn.

6:10 PM  
Blogger Tikkis said...

yeah

(Today I was in an annual meeting, at first we all stayed a while silently remembering those members died during last year. I knew many of them, someone was as old as I am, some younger than me.)

12:30 PM  
Blogger Bill said...

That's the way it is these days, tikkis.

10:11 PM  

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