Helen Humphreys
Helen Humphreys
Helen Humphreysis a Canadian poet and novelist...
currently developed federal land managers points relevant understanding
A memorandum of understanding is currently being developed between DEP and federal land managers that will be relevant to the points in this agreement.
coming concern dormant drawing ground water
Our concern is that this is spring, and typically ground water and streams are recharged during the spring. Moreover, not only is precipitation down, but vegetation, which is coming out of its dormant state, will be drawing on the ground water.
rain series
We need a slow, soaking rain or a series of slow, soaking rains.
department since site spent treating
The department has spent more than $300,000 since 2004 maintaining the site and treating the discharge.
area happy meet questions time
Any time residents in an area have questions about an issue, we're happy to meet with them.
affect concerned people
People are just concerned about how this will affect (them).
call department environmental near smoke
If you live near a crematorium, you should not see any smoke emissions. If you see any emissions, you should call the Department of Environmental Protection.
brushing easy everybody fill instead letting run sweep turn wash
Instead of letting the hose run when you wash your car, fill a bucket. Don't squirt down your sidewalk, sweep it. When you're brushing your teeth, turn off the water. These are all easy things everybody can do to help.
moving heart writing
The heart is a river. The act of writing is the moving water that holds the banks apart, keeps the muscle of words flexing so that the reader can be carried along by this movement. To be given space and the chance to leave one's earthly world. Is there any greater freedom than this?
memories light space
Memory is a barricade against forgetting; light is a bulwark against darkness; life is a flex against the stillness of the grave. Maybe that's what I'm trying to do here, clear a space in all the debris, through all the anxieties and worries, where I can just exist, easily and simply, entire, for as long as I have left.
blow garden weather
There are many different stories to tell. It's never the same. Every day weather blows in and out, alters the surface. Sometimes it is stripped down to a single essential truth, the thing that is always believed, no matter what. The seeds from which the garden has grown.
love-is space doe
Love is not a good thing, I've decided. It just makes you afraid you'll lose what you love, and then, because your fear makes a space for that to happen, it does. What's the point?
inspirational easy equal
It's easy to feel equal to wanting. It's rare to feel equal to having.
garden people interesting
What I've always found interesting in gardens is looking at what people choose to plant there. What they put in. What they leave out. One small choice and then another, and soon there is a mood, an atmosphere, a series of limitations, a world.