Not Even Once
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Not Even Once

Not even once. This phrase was made from sheet metal letters on a barn roof in Northwestern Montana. Each one affixed by nails whose heads probably rusted the same week they were installed. It was hard to know how long it had been there.

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Wind Animals
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Wind Animals

Oh fine, the trees say, as if they are the grandparents and the wind is the child because each gust is fresh and new.

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Carry You
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Carry You

They were voluntarily taking additional weight of items they never intended for themselves, only hoping that their kits might be useful to someone else.

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