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I love this poem so much, Mary! Thank you for writing it, and for sharing it here. And greetings from Louisiana!

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Hello to you in Louisiana! Do you remember this sculpture? Right outside if Landscape A. It always made my day to gaze out upon it. Glad you like the poem.

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I do indeed, and liked it, though I never thought as deeply about it before!

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Well, Mary, anything about the Iowa State campus and Ames is dear to my heart (ISU '79). Thank you for sharing this. I will be spending few days back in Ames in a couple of weeks. As I'm traipsing across campus as though I were still a 20-year-old undergrad, I'll take a break from my shin splints and spend some time here. :) This is wonderful. Bless you.

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Oh, thank you, Pat. I'm so glad you like this post. For several years there was a conifer outside my window that blocked the view to the Pepper sculpture. So I walked around it in the morning on my way to my office and gave it a nod. Then we had a bad ice storm that took down the tree. At first, I was upset, then I realized I had a much better view of Janus. Over the years, I grew to like this piece more and more. ISU has such amazing art work! Little known secret. Thank you, Lynette Pohlman and all the hard workers at the University Museums.

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Thank you for this morning prayer as I wake up to the sunrise on the frozen prairie.

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Thank you for being the perfect reader! And for all you do. Missed you at the PFI Conference, Denise.

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Perfect, beautiful, poignant January poem. Thank you!

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