Fledgling
There was a whir of wings, a little flash of grey and white, and a tiny bird landed on the outer edge of the deck. We held our breaths.
Unfolding
Easing the Journey Through Shadow & Light
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- Apr 13
- 3 min
Fawn
There are deer, birds, foxes, wildflowers and more. But you have to look. Lawrence looks with eyes that see things others tend to pass by.
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- Jan 12
- 5 min
Strike a Balance: COVID Info Plus Some Fun
Three parts to this post: COVID Info & Resources, Good News about COVID, and Fun Ways to Distract Yourself from Bad News. Read any or all!
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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 3, 2021
- 3 min
Silence: Three (Very Short) Stories
On the backside of that hill the incessant noise of traffic and construction was buffered out…so we could drink in the silence as well.
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- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
When I Am Among the Trees
Sometimes I slow down enough to tune into a tree, enough--perhaps--to hear the trailing notes of an ancient song.
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- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
Further Adventures in Mindfulness: By a Bumbling Practitioner
If I allow my mind to still, if I let go of my need to control, sometimes I ease into a quiet state where time does not hold me captive.
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- Sep 22, 2021
- 4 min
27 Varieties of Gratitude
When others are grateful toward you for what you have done, it makes you want to do more for them. This has the same effect on...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 4 min
Swiss Cheese and the Pandemic: A Few COVID Resources
Think of COVID protection as if it were Swiss cheese. Each slice has holes somewhere, but if we are strategic about the placement...
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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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- Jun 16, 2021
- 1 min
My Shortest Poem
This is a good sequel for almost all of the tools I've shared over the last year. In fact, it is probably the most important concept of all.
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- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
Healing into the New Normal: Gentle Re-Entry as the Pandemic Begins (we hope) to Ease
When astronauts go through re-entry, they may be coming back home to some semblance of "normal" but no one expects re-entry to be simple.
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- Feb 3, 2021
- 3 min
In Falling and In Rising
Something so beautiful & unusual that it follows you around for days, rising again & again from hidden stairways of your heart...
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- Jan 6, 2021
- 5 min
Small Seeds of Hope: A Short Cat-alogue of Playful Poems
I love to play with words & to read others who do that well. Here are three lighthearted--and cat-intense--poems. For fun!
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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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- 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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- May 27, 2020
- 3 min
Small Seeds of Hope: Take a Nap
"You should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything..."
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- May 7, 2020
- 2 min
Anti-Covidanxiety Toolkits: Lists of Tools
Here is the list of all the tools in all the toolkits so far. Or consider it an atlas of maps. Take what you like and leave the rest!
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- Apr 30, 2020
- 4 min
Anti-covidanxiety toolkit #7: Hands-on
Hands are incredibly, marvelously, terribly important. We've all become hugely aware of that over the last few weeks...
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