HeyJaredRonda Scott-Marak
I am a pragmatist, philosopher, designer, poet, and polymath. A visual thinker, I paint with words. I am opinionated but learn from new ideas and deeper insights. I am complex, both gregarious and quiet, empathetic and needy, peaceful and angry.
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As Autumn Sows, so Might it Reap (opens the original)
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September is ending, and the warmth and light are diminishing.Determined hands are digging, and muddy, furry noses are pushing– Acorns, squash seeds, and pignoli–Underneath the soil.December’s buried harvestor planting next year’s cropsWild Pumpkins under hedges Ronda R. Scott-Marak© 30 September 2026<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!f3JQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-m
Box of Wonders — Box of Love (opens the original)
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Guy Davis is a friend of mine. During the COVID shutdown, he livestreamed mornings, 6 days a week, from his flat in NYC, playing his signature Roots, Blues, and Folk in guitar, banjo, and harmonica. A group of us gathered to listen and chat on Facebook at “Coffee with Kokomo” (Guy is also known as the Kokomo Kid) for our morning beverage and socialisation. Part of the morning would include Guy delving into his “Box of Wonders” to show us an heirloom, tool, silly thing, or other type of tchotchke
Wrinkle in Time (opens the original)
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I remember stars — they used to be able to be seen every night before light pollution and overcast skies. I remember being able to see constellations and the Milky Way without a telescope. I miss the stars. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(With thanks to Jane Taylor)Pinpoints of light shine within a dark velvet curtainlike peepholes in the night.Long dead stars twinkle; memories of ancient gases explode. Night and darkness are older than infinity;silent winds move across the primaeval skies of living dark
Like Tzedakah (opens the original)
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Tzedakah (actual meaning: righteousness, but commonly used to mean charity) “…is an ethical obligation, and it is not properly "charity ” like in Christendom, but a way to empower poor people to support themselves, helping them in developing their talents and skills”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Use your words like your tzedakah:with generosity for good, not ill.Use words like money:Sparingly when angry or for ill, lavishly in generosity or grace. Speak of love and gratitude with full expression, of hat
October Nears (opens the original)
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I was breathing the outdoor air yesterday, under my fleecy “*Linus,” and my mind took me on this journey through a figurative autumn orchard. *(Our generic friends’ and family term for afghans, throws and blankets)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The air is as crisp as freshly bitten apples; the tanginess of cider, the clarity of transmuting, ocean blues.The leaves begin their transition to the graininess and colour of Bosc and russet pears; soon to crunch underfoot, gritty and crumbling, preparing to tran
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