The Thing with Feathers
After all these years I'm still amazed when those minuscule seeds grow into plants hundreds of times bigger than their infant selves.
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Easing the Journey Through Shadow & Light
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Apr 13, 20223 min read
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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Mar 30, 20225 min read
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 23, 20224 min read
Very Well Right Where You Are
This is a bit odd, I thought...Of course, you can pick my experience to pieces logically if you want to. I'm choosing to take it as a gift.
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Mar 16, 20224 min read
That's How the Light Gets In: The Artist as Struggling Hero
In the artist's journey these inner fears often *are* the Threshold Guardians: I'm not a good enough. This is stupid. Nobody will like it.
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Mar 9, 20222 min read
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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Mar 2, 20223 min read
Let the Lynx Come In
The boy is nervous about wild animals that might be stalking around outside. Yet when he hears scratching at the door, he opens it, a bit.
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Feb 16, 20221 min read
Where You're Bravely Working: Grief & Hope
Two poems about loss & hope--one from a grand river, and one from a small creek in the wilderness.
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Feb 9, 20223 min read
It's Amazing How Much How Little Will Do: The Return of the Mini-Toolkit
A reprise of the mini anti-anxiety toolkit (plus one) with the quickest, simplest anti-anxiety tools.
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Feb 2, 20223 min read
Trees Might Bloom: On Writing
There are lots of things to be afraid of as a writer--being exposed, ignored, ridiculed. But there’s also elation, even wonder, as I write.
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Jan 26, 20225 min read
Beloved Small Giant
He touched the lives of millions around the world, faithfully scattering seeds of peace, compassion, mindfulness, non-violence, humor & joy.
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Jan 19, 20224 min read
Hands of God? Cosmic Musings
Is there anywhere God isn't? Does God grow? Does God have an edge? Are we, somehow, God's growing edge, or part of it? God’s hands?
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Dec 29, 20213 min read
'Tis a Holy Thing to Love
What a strange and sometimes very difficult thing it is to be a human being. And perhaps no period is more difficult than the time of grief
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Dec 22, 20213 min read
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 15, 20213 min read
When I Had No Wings to Fly
Another song--it could be a modern psalm to the mysterious, the unfathomable, the achingly beautiful unknown. Tender beyond hope.
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Dec 8, 20214 min read
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 17, 20213 min read
Another (Short) Out-of-the-Mouths-of-Babes Story
I laughed out loud, in surprise and delight. "You are so right, Jesse!" I said.
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Nov 10, 20214 min read
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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Nov 3, 20213 min read
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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Sep 22, 20214 min read
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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