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A Shade of Ash # 49 – Where Memories Are Mermaid

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Ah, mermaids…

I remember being a small boy fighting pirates on the hillside where I played. My friends, my seamen, brave as we sailed the high seas by way of a large stone in the middle of an open field. Arr, she be like the grandest sail a pirate could ever command. We set course in the wind of our imaginations. Three of us slaying and saving mermaids in the hot sun with a mountain backdrop. Our bounty of a summer’s day with the ladies of the ocean made us fight with passion, with heart. We were promised a wet kiss. We told those types of stories. Our own stories because we were kids and that’s where stories start.

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Journal Entry # 251 – The In Port-ant Things In Life

Get lost in the lap. Watch the boats sway. Can you taste the salt? Can you feel the ocean whistle? Stay still for a second and it will all come to you. – Ash

Journal Entry # 250 – Babbling On

I can listen to Mother Nature babbling on all day. – Ash

Journal Entry # 249 – Just the Tip

NICE BERG

There is more to you than what’s on the surface. The presence of who you really are lies much deeper. Beneath is where your power and greatness exist. – Ash

A Shade of Ash # 48 – Ain’t Life a Burch

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There are certain things I pass along the way that remind me of certain people, of certain places, and of certain times. All of which makes me smile both inside and out. Giving me those thoughts, feelings, and emotions once again. The photo above is why I love those very certainties of life. – Ash 






A Shade of Ash # 47 – As I Drift Ashore

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Realizing age adds character has proven to be quite a grounding experience. – Ash






A Shade of Ash # 46 – The Longest Yarn

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I only have a portion of your whole life. But because I gorged, it is enough to sustain me for the remainder of my own. Your stories like ripened fruit that were picked just for me. In the garden, we grew together. They remain sweet to this very day. You taught me there’s no spoil in a deep-rooted yarn. A good yield will last forever when you remember where they’re planted. – Ash






Am I Write? # 46 – Poof to a Proof

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When I write, I disappear for a while. But I always come back with a story to tell. – Ash  

Bike Writer # 61 – I Like to Overlook Things

When you concentrate on the highs in life, the perspective of a low can change. – Ash

Am I Write? # 45 – Let Me Put It in Writing

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It’s not a blank page to me, it’s where the story begins. There’s an intimacy in that. Your work could have a million pages but you’ll never forget your first. – Ash