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"Everybody is a genius.
But if you judge a
FISH by its ability to
CLIMB a tree
[BRANCH], it will live
its whole life believing that it is stupid."
-Einstein or maybe someone else
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elsvanwoert
Mar 21, 20221 min read
Fulfilling
My life is full Filled to the brim Overflowing With bills yet unpaid Dishes and laundry Dirtied and washed In endless cycle With mouths...
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elsvanwoert
May 3, 20211 min read
Presence
My mind thinks It's got things Figured out It rehashes And replays The past It rethinks And rehearses Unchangeable events And then My...
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elsvanwoert
Mar 31, 20211 min read
I Trust Me
I am in conversation with myself. In conversation with my champion (not my critic). We exchange ideas and name the good, my champion and...
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elsvanwoert
Mar 31, 20211 min read
Holding Candles
What sustains me when all else falls away? A beating heart. A breath. Hope that wisdom can be found and meaning made. Faith that the...
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elsvanwoert
Mar 4, 20212 min read
Belonging to Self
I was a girl who moved across spaces Who became a woman I am a woman who moves across spaces Who will one day bloom into a grey-haired...
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elsvanwoert
Mar 4, 20211 min read
Dignity
I believe in the living Earth of which I am a part I pass the time minding gills, leaves, lungs taken by their art I am lifted by the...
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elsvanwoert
Mar 4, 202111 min read
FISH.CLIMB.BRANCH. In Summary...
This website is called FISH.CLIMB.BRANCH... This entry is the fourth of four brief narrative essays to explain why in the hell that is....
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elsvanwoert
Nov 5, 20185 min read
Lessons from an amateur sports career
When I was learning to fly fish and at one point getting frustrated with my lack of skill, my other half Simon said to me: “Els,...
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elsvanwoert
Aug 2, 20184 min read
FISH.CLIMB.BRANCH. Unfurling BRANCH.
This website is called FISH.CLIMB.BRANCH... This entry is the third of four brief narrative essays to explain why in the hell that is....
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elsvanwoert
Jan 28, 20175 min read
FISH. CLIMB. BRANCH. Moving on to CLIMB.
This website is called FISH.CLIMB.BRANCH... This entry is the second of four brief narrative essays to explain why in the hell that is....
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elsvanwoert
Jan 5, 20172 min read
FISH.CLIMB.BRANCH. Starting with FISH.
This website is called FISH.CLIMB.BRANCH... This entry is the first of four brief narrative essays to explain why in the hell that is. My...
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