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Okay Now – Mostly

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Acceptance, Death, Gratitude, Grief / October 22, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
I think I'm okay now when with every thought of you Gratitude for the years gets there before the tears Mostly

Dove lupine in Sharon’s San Marcos garden

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Laughing With the Dead

Audio Recordings, Relationships, Remembering / tagged Death, Humor / October 21, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Are people who were funny here also funny there When God looks down and sees what he hath wrought hath wrought He must be glad that Sharon's there and Hal and Copper with their laughs
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Quick Exit

Audio Recordings / tagged Accident, Death, Grief, Mourning, Surprise / October 20, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
(for Copper and Sharon) You do not have to sink into the earth an inch of pain at a time Though the shock be more for those who grieve a little envy may enter too
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Vehicles

Audio Recordings / tagged Acceptance, Cars, Death, Reincarnation / October 19, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
I've had forty cars or so and who knows how many bodies Some I miss more than others '56 T-Bird and '57 Vette for example You just have to get used to letting go
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Beemers

Audio Recordings / October 18, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Sharon meditates to a fine-tuned hum Somewhere there is a car carrying that note It finds her
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An Ode to O

Audio Recordings / tagged Change, Circles, Death, Grief, Loss / October 17, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
There are O's in the Oaties and O's in the alphabet soup The East came up with the concept of zero and math has never been the same And you are gone and nothing will ever be the same
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The Great Circle

Audio Recordings, Nature / tagged Autumn, Death, Fall, Life, Seasons / October 15, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
The children are piling the leaves again ready for the next bare-limb leap life into death and back
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Storm Windows on the Prairie

Audio Recordings, Farm, Ranch Life / tagged Preparation, Seasons, Winter / October 14, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Put them up too early and all the air you get till spring is three small holes under the wing and that hot stove hopping for the threshing crew will have them cooking like the stew Put them up too late and an early blizzard dumping deep freezes us all in our sleep
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A Fall Moment

Audio Recordings, Nature / tagged Auturm, Gratitude, Trees / October 13, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
The ancient elm, shaking herself awake releases a shower of gold-leaf leaves Turning each edge to the rising of sun they dance in a small breeze ballet Some cheekily exposing cheeks some shyly turning away some reaching back to momma tree some rushing to grace the ground some hanging in hesitant suspension If it were not Thanksgiving Day I would be grateful anyway
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The Fall and Rise of Man

Audio Recordings / tagged Autumn, Denial, Distraction, Nature / October 11, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Man lives and sometimes thrives on a diet of denial There's one now smile pasted on his face Counting every color of the leaves around his feet to keep from thinking of winter
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  1. Sandi Hebley on Ready for WinterOctober 26, 2026

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  2. NEIL MEILI on Laughing With the DeadOctober 25, 2026

    Thanks for the story Sandi, And bet he is and that I would have liked him Neil

  3. Sandi Hebley on Okay Now – MostlyOctober 22, 2026

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  4. Sandi Hebley on Laughing With the DeadOctober 21, 2026

    One of my fondest memories is that the last full sentence my dad spoke was to tell a visitor a…

  5. Sandi Hebley on BeemersOctober 18, 2026

    Ha!!!

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