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Advent Thought (s) for Dec. 5 or The Tenakee Peace Prize
Visiting the graves, The old dog Leads the way.--Issa “Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of almost everyone with whom I come into contact as a patient in the emergency room. I see a lot of gaping wounds and dazed expressions…The...
What We Remember
Kate DiCamillo, who wrote one of my favorite books ever, about a girl and her dog and love, family and community -- Because of Winn-Dixie-- (I know it's for children but good stories are good stories and great writing is great writing)- Kate says that everything she...
Sunday’s Thought
Where shall I look for Enlightenment? -- by Joan Chittister Where shall I look for Enlightenment?” the disciple asked. “Here,” the elder said. “When will it happen?” the disciple asked. “It is happening right now,” the elder answered. “Then why don’t I experience it?”...
Epiphany
Chip is back at work, and I am baking a birthday cake for two granddaughters who are celebrating January birthdays tomorrow. One turns three and one will be thirteen. (Impossible? Apparently not.) Mateo's brother has the pukes and his mother isn't feeling great either...
On the 12th Day of Christmas
I listened to Christmas carols, the traditional kind from an English church choir, as I pedaled to nowhere on the stationary bike at 6 am. Later, I took a walk at sunrise (well, around ten? it felt like sunrise anyway), before the kids from Australia came over from...
On the Ninth Day of Christmas..
We burned the trees. I know, we should save them until Epiphany (Jan. 6) but they had their own plans and basically shed so many needles by the time the lights were unwound that I could shovel mine off the floor. There is something elemental about a bonfire in...
A New Year’s Thought
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."-- Elizabeth Cady Stanton