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My Mary Oliver Poems: #4 Just Lying on the Grass at Blackwater

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 For Thanksgiving break this year, my family and I traveled to my grandparents' house in Scottsdale, Arizona. I have been to their house dozens of times over the years, but participating in this course has made me more aware of the environment there than I had been in the past. I have some not-so-fond memories of playing in my grandparents' backyard and getting poked by handfuls of cactus spikes. I whined, tears streaming down my face, as my grandfather ripped them out with tweezers one by one. My first impressions of Arizona were grim, to say the least. The Arizona weather this year certainly did not feel festive for the holiday season. The weather was in the 60s in the morning, but hit the high 70s and even low 80s in the afternoon. I brought some sweaters, but did not even end up wearing them.  The night before Thanksgiving, we all went out for dinner at our favorite restaurant in Arizona: Tonto in Cave Creek. We were sat outside, per out request, at a table near the golf c...
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My Mary Oliver Poems: #3 The Sun

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