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Sunday’s Rose
Yesterday I was walking on the beach with Beth, and our now two dogs. There were four, but we buried first Pearl and then Lucy this year. It is also fall, suddenly it seems, the time of the year when things die, and we fill the shed with firewood for the one thing we...
Heart’s Desire
Chip has been away, visiting his mother and cycling down south. He's on weather hold now waiting to fly up from Juneau, and if that doesn't workout he'll ride the ferry that arrives from Juneau around 3 tomorrow morning. The regular weekend ferry has been broken...
Sunday’s Thought
"When our intention is to do good for others, and we nurture that intention, we can have faith, that in some way, often unknown to us, it ripples out."- Sharon Salzberg in her book, Faith.
Hmm. Mindful or Mind Too Full?
Blame it on the sunshine, or blame it on Manic March. But I showed up a day early for a funeral this weekend and a day early for a writing workshop today. When I told my dog walking pal she said, "Better early than late." I also almost missed a borough meeting last...
Sunday’s Thought
"Belief isn't always easy. But this much I have learned- if not enough else- to live with my eyes open-- " From Mary Oliver's poem, "In the Storm"
What a Difference a Day Makes.
What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours. I've been singing that all week, as the storms and clearing see-saw back and forth. Yesterday, as my friend and I walked our dogs in the snowy gales we shouted "this is heroic!" and "we are arctic explorers" and when we...
Sunday’s Thought
"You shall love your crooked neighbor with your crooked heart."- W.H. Auden My favorite lessons are from Matthew's gospel. Blessed are the meek, blessed are the peacemakers, and let your shine in the darkness, pray in private, don't act all holy and good, and the big...