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Personal Journal

April morning

2026 April 20th1988 April 16th

My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather.

Terri Guillemets

P.S.  Thank you to everyone who let me know about USA Today and King Features Syndicate using this for their April 18th Cryptoquote. —tg, 2026

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The real

2025 March 16th2007 March 3rd

If I had to sum up Friendship in one word, it would be Comfort.

Terri Guillemets

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CBT

2025 April 1st2023 July 13th

but the science bears out
my catastrophic thinking

Terri Guillemets

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Fluctuations

2025 March 16th2003 June 5th

The world constantly sways me between poet and malcontent.

Terri Guillemets

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Deciduous

2025 September 17th2023 December 15th

just like trees
my life is a mix—
seasonal change
and evergreen

Terri Guillemets

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Venules

2025 March 16th1989 October 21st

Passion does not study anatomy in books.

Terri Guillemets

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Alone in the city

2025 May 7th2024 March 26th

my heart is dying
for this gambel’s quail crying
lovesick for a mate

Terri Guillemets

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From the library to the park

2025 March 16th1993 April 3rd

Happiness is sharing a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry with a shade tree.

Terri Guillemets

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Slipping

2025 March 16th2016 February 25th

one by one the trees they fall
and before you know it, the forest

Terri Guillemets

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Hard life, good life

2025 March 16th2009 September 16th

Life can be hard, but if you’ve got somebody to love — Yay!

Terri Guillemets

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Edging out

2025 April 18th1996 June 22nd

Seasons depart peripherally.

Terri Guillemets

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Fresh air & birdsong

2025 April 19th2016 August 22nd

An open window is good company, like the burning candle of Lichtenberg.

Terri Guillemets

“Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candle.” —Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799)

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Literary life

2025 April 19th1998 May 15th

My life is — in a word — words.

Terri Guillemets

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