A Winter's Tale: Light Has Started to Come Back
It's a brief tale. About a very large tail. A snow leopard tail--or rather, the lack thereof. I am in awe of snow leopards...
Unfolding
Easing the Journey Through Shadow & Light
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- Dec 16, 2020
- 2 min
Small Seeds of Hope: Cold and Starlight Turn to Gold
It is early morning winter,
cold and starlight turn to gold. Slowly I awake to find you standing where I saw you last...
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- Dec 9, 2020
- 4 min
In Order to Grow—Pruning Off a Major Branch
"Looks like we just gave ZZ Top a shave & crewcut!" said Celia. We looked at the huge and tangled heaps of grape vines we'd just pruned off.
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- Dec 2, 2020
- 4 min
Small Seeds of Hope: Spacing Material, Mortar and Dark Matter
Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week: Jiggling This is one of my favorite ways to reduce stress. Just jiggle your entire body, gently but...
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- Nov 25, 2020
- 5 min
A Dark and Spicy Tradition
Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week Hand to heart. This one is very simple. Just place your hand on your chest, slightly to the left of...
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- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
Small Seeds of Hope: Either/Or? Both/And?
Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week "I am alright right now." In this present moment, just as you are right now, are you okay? Reading this...
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- Nov 11, 2020
- 3 min
Small Seeds of Hope: A More Merciful End
Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week Gratitude: Noticing the Little Things. Neuroscientist Alex Korb, author of The Upward Spiral, notes that,...
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- Nov 4, 2020
- 3 min
Small Seeds of Hope: Splitting Light
Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week Feel your feet. When I am are upset or anxious, I tend to head way off in the future or back into the...
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- Oct 28, 2020
- 4 min
Small Seeds: Experimenting with Prayer and Hope
Why not participate in the Good Big Thing and then reach out from those places to join with those are living out grace?
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- Oct 21, 2020
- 4 min
Small Seeds of Hope: It's Amazing How Much How Little Will Do
Sometimes a tiny shift can solve a big problem...
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- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
Small Seeds of Hope: A Lighthearted Story...in Fifteen (Short) Stanzas
And now for something completely different...a children's story, in verse, about a young girl and her great-grandmother. Just for fun.
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- Oct 7, 2020
- 3 min
Small Seeds of Hope: Breathe in Beauty
Beauty is all around me--it hasn't gone away. The trees, the sky, a bird, an odd little insect. How to breathe in beauty & be in the world?
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- Sep 30, 2020
- 5 min
Life In the COVID Era: Resources and a Few Funnies
This week I thought I'd share a few resources I've come across for dealing with various aspects of the pandemic. Plus a few laughs.
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- Sep 23, 2020
- 6 min
Small Seeds of Hope: Knowing My Limits...or..."Into the Icy Depths"
I didn't go quite as far, brave quite the storm--or cold--that I thought I could. Or should. But I did...
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- Sep 16, 2020
- 4 min
Small Seeds of Hope: Big Bang...or Big Birth?
So I started musing...wow, what if the universe is giving birth to itself? What if God is giving birth to the universe?
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- Sep 9, 2020
- 4 min
Small Seeds of Hope: A Tiny Toolkit of Quotations
Quotations, in a sense, are stories in miniature. Here are a few of my current favorites.
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- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
Small Seeds of Hope: I Will Not Fan the Flames
So I find myself saying, what do I have to add that could possibly address any aspect of this heartbreak?
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- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min
Small Seeds of Hope: Imperfectly
Forgiving ourselves, we learn to forgive others. Allowing our own foibles we are, hopefully, more able to accept imperfection in others.
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- Aug 19, 2020
- 3 min
Small Seeds of Hope: How We've Stayed Married - Part 2
So I've given you a peak into our relationship--sweet, struggling, satisfying, imperfect, and a great gift.
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- Aug 12, 2020
- 4 min
Small Seeds of Hope: How We've Stayed Married
My idea here is simply to share the things I think have helped us still be an "us"after all these years.
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