3/20/2024

Planting our life stories.


“Who were you?” (I ask the younger me)
“You, but not completely,” he says
I didn’t want to look at him anymore, you know
I didn’t want to hear his words, as foolish
As I already knew him to be
Late afternoon, dust mites
Float in the softly sunlit room

James Lee Jobe



Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Alice Walker


Richie Havens - Handsome Johnny


I can get winded just walking to the end of yard

And that’s too bad 

If I were able I would walk

From one end of the Sacramento Valley

To the other 

Step after step on the flat earth

In some areas I would even close my eyes

James Lee Jobe



I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

Henri Matisse



Spring is here once again
Let us plant our life stories
Across the farm lands in our valley
And as these tales grow
Let our connection to the earth grow
Our stories, our valley, our lives
The tools and work of being human

James Lee Jobe


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