Maiden Voyages: Inspiration from Our Ancestors
Inspiration from those who have who have gone before us, and survived some extremely difficult times.
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Easing the Journey Through Shadow & Light
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- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
Leaves Falling...On Us
Sometimes they fall on us--that's always fun--but they rarely land exactly where we think they will.
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- Sep 14, 2022
- 1 min
A Little Lightness
Anti-Anxiety Tool of the Week: Laugh and Smile Way back in the 1980s in his book, Anatomy of an Illness, Saturday Review editor and...
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- Aug 24, 2022
- 2 min
Sitting and Knowing?
Spooneristic poems about Runny Babbit by Shel SIlverstein plus a different poem: Slip on through the fountain in the moonlit air...
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- Aug 10, 2022
- 4 min
Can I Sew You to Another Sheet?
Attributed to William Spooner, who sometimes mixed up letters and words with interesting results: "it is kisstomary to cuss the bride."
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- Jul 27, 2022
- 3 min
That Little Beast
Words can fly like birds but when you try to catch them, they slither around like fish. Poems by Mary Oliver, David Whyte and a novice poet
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- Jul 13, 2022
- 3 min
Indra's Web
An infinite, cosmic web of interconnection, where every juncture of the threads is a jewel.
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 4 min
What the World Needs...
The best gifts, by far, are those in which both giver and receiver have great joy.
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- Apr 27, 2022
- 5 min
Inter-Tidal Regions of Collective Joy
The tides of life and creative energy thrive in these liminal spaces, whether they are in the world, our hearts, or our relationships.
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- Apr 6, 2022
- 6 min
The Opus to Be Translated Is Yourself
All that I hoped to say in books, all that I ever hoped to say, is that I love the world. E. B. White
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- Mar 30, 2022
- 5 min
The Wit, Wisdom, Whimsicality and Wonderings of E.B. White
"He was the most charming man I’ve known, and he got that side of himself into his writing."
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- Mar 9, 2022
- 2 min
when the world is mud-luscious
Puddle-wonderful: the unbuttoned delight--and the wistfulness--of early spring, in two poems and some photos.
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- Jan 5, 2022
- 4 min
This Magical Brightness
But, oh! it was lovely Monday morning. The stillness. The simplicity. The muffled slowing down of the world.
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- Dec 22, 2021
- 3 min
Anxiety-Relieving Holiday Silliness, COVID Resources and...a little winter beauty
In this "bleak midwinter" I am worried, feeling the cold, the loss of light and other losses, so I wanted to share a few holiday gifts.
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- Dec 8, 2021
- 4 min
Let There Be Songs
Never really listened to the words for any Grateful Dead songs. True statement. Never listened to or looked at the words, fool that I was.
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- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
Musings on Mortality OR "I'm Not Dead Yet!"
I never thought it would happen to me. I know that's trite but there was some secret part of my mind that never believed I would get old.
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- Aug 18, 2021
- 4 min
Easily Amused
Lawrence and I share a trait that has always been a gift to us, but has proven to be especially helpful during the pandemic--we are both…
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- Jul 14, 2021
- 5 min
An Everyday Holiness
It will, I hope, give joy, pleasure & sustenance to those who eat it, and become a vehicle of connection for all who share the meal.
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- Jul 7, 2021
- 7 min
The Girl Who Became a River
They flowed with strength and steady pace through the heart of the village and together, they rolled on towards the Sea…
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- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
Up the Ladder and Down the Wall
Over the past week I stumbled across three short pieces of writing in different places. And noticed a few things that made me ponder...
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