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Mar 24, 2022
1 min

Sunshine Maple Syrup

This morning the sunshine was my breakfast Filling me up like delicious french toast Covered in butter and pure maple syrup Only better...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Mar 11, 2022
2 min

For the birds

Watching the trees on my walks this week, I spotted more birds than I could count. Hawks, black birds, turkeys, red-bellied sparrows,...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Jan 25, 2022
4 min

Me, the Moon and the Mountain

You kept me up most of the night every night this week, shining in my big windows. Reflecting light off of the snowy blanket that has...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Jan 10, 2022
2 min

Church of the Great Outdoors

For many years I repeatedly tried to cram myself into organized religion Sandwiched between my spouse And other church goers I pretended...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Sep 18, 2021
2 min

A Walk in the Wind

It’s 41° today and I am smiling. With the nighttime temperatures in the 30s the autumn colors should be arriving in full force any...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Aug 31, 2021
4 min

WYOMING

I’ve lived on either side of Wyoming for 16 years. A Mid-West girl who spent her youth dreaming of the West, who slathered her bedroom...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Aug 20, 2021
1 min

Dancing

Here I go again Dancing down the dirt road Singing at the top of my lungs The cornfields and brown-eyed cows My sweet and startled...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Aug 18, 2021
4 min

When it doesn't feel peaceful

This summer has been rough. Our temperatures here in Montana hit 100 degrees the first week of June and haven't really relented for...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Jul 1, 2021
1 min

DRAGONFLY

It was an ordinary morning Sunshine streaming through the trees Soft breeze gently swaying the leaves Me, stretched out on my yoga mat...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Jun 24, 2021
1 min

Magic in the Mystery

When things don’t make sense When everything spirals When you are in the eye of the storm Come back to the rhythms of nature Look for the...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

May 7, 2021
3 min

River Wisdom

Yesterday, I woke up with an inkling that I needed to visit my favorite place around here, the East Rosebud River. There is something...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Apr 10, 2021
1 min

Magnificence

The place in the mystery in the middle questions if I have ever understood the magnificent love that I am. That we all are. What if we...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Apr 8, 2021
4 min

CANADA

I was 10 the first time my parents took us to the wilderness. It was an 8 hour drive north to the cabins at the lake. My Mom would pack...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Apr 7, 2021
3 min

PRESENCE

Today, the wind moving through the branches sounded like the gentle rush of a river. Blackbirds sprinkled into the air like freshly...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Mar 19, 2021
4 min

HOME

This week we officially bought our beautiful land. I was anticipating feeling all of the tingly feels. Exhilaration, excitement, the...

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Amanda Fox Gibbons

Feb 24, 2021
1 min

WIND

Around here, the wind is something to behold. It’s called a chinook. It’s a wall of motion carrying snow and ice crystals. A force that...

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