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Listen to Children
I've been gimping around with bursitis in my knee from a hard spill I took last month. Last week I went for a physical therapy appointment to get some strengthening exercises.As the greeter at the PT...
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But there was this Love Story ....
We will gather to celebrate my brother's life this weekend. He died in late May...less than a week after turning 74. And less than three months after being diagnosed with lung cancer.His wasn't...
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Grow, Grow!
Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, “Grow, grow.”I love this quote from the Talmud. It is a long-time favorite. But last week I was cursing those whispering angels...
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What STAR will you follow?
Stars are a big part of my holiday decor....a large one greets visitors outside our front door, a plethora of different sized stars dance across our mantel, and of course one tops our tree ---- an aged...
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She Wonders Why she's still here.....
My Mother is days away from celebrating her 101st birthday. Macular degeneration has taken much of her sight; very little hearing is left in either ear. Her world has become small and narrow. She...
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Ideas are All Around .....
I am having trouble concentrating on my writing .....THIS MIGHT BE WHY!!!!We are rejoicing in a week of warm, stunning weather here in the Pacific Northwest! After a wet and rainy past few months,...
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Orange Cake
Orange CakeA slice of the orange "W" cake sits before me.Ice cream pools at its edges.My fork lifts a bite.I chew and swallow....not tasting.Bubbles rise in the champagne along with the emotions inside...
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A Soul Place
We'd been hearing about this place of hers in South Dakota ever since we met her ....back in the 80's. This place.... two small cabins, one large shed, one double-holer outhouse....her father's former...
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"One Nation....Indivisible"
Today is Election Day. 2016. I awoke early ... my head and heart troubled and angst-filled. I sit with it. And know I need to get out for a walk. But I must wait for the light to reach the sky so I...
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Give. Grow. Receive.
A wise friend wrote me last month about a minister who told her that the mission statement for his church is Give. Grow. Receive. Spot on, I thought. So simple.....so complete. I want to adopt...
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It has long been a part of me. It fills me. Centers me. Rights my soul. Yet now, a couple years from 70, I don’t do it much anymore. Except at the occasional wedding reception or with my...
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A "God" in our Palm
I see us waiting…..for the bus, the boat, our coffee, our turn with the doctor…. head down, palm up - in an almost prayer-like posture.… to a persistent God. This Diety sucks us in. Glues us to...
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My Heart is an Off-Road Vehicle
We drive that stunner of a North Cascades Highway headed for our annual family reunion and the curious four year old grandson in the back seat peers through his car window while he volleys forward his...
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"In-the-Weeds"
“In-the-Weeds”“In-the-Weeds” my family called me. Till I was well beyond forty….and still, occasionally. This had absolutely nothing to do with weeds (though I loved playing in wild backyards), or my...
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