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Christmas Eve, The Last Day of Advent Thought(s)
I am up early, to bake the coffee cakes, like that old Dunkin Donuts commercial, my song is “Time to make the coffee cakes.” The two I made yesterday didn’t work out. They appear flatter than they should be. But, my daughter says they will taste fine. Of course they...
Why I Wake Early
“Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.”- Mary Oliver from her poem "Why I Wake Early." “Our fundamental connection to one another, the raft through the sorrow, the holding through the grief joy is, reminds us, again and again, that we belong not...
Good Morning, Good Day
“Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and let the one who believes in me drink.” – Jesus according to John 7:37-39 “The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds” – Thomas Merton “When I wake,...
From Boston to Ocala, Taking Good Care.
“I celebrate that we’re all crazy and damaged and we’re all sort of floundering and flailing, and yet we stick together. We take care of each other the best we can. And that is so touching it fills me with hope. It takes people a lot of decades to realize that we’re...
One if By Air, Two if By Sea and Off to Boston We Will Be?
“If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy,” Amby Burfoot I apologize for not being more present here for all kinds of not very good reasons. It's just life--full, good and busy days. I have also been in and out more than usual and now am...
Light Perpetual Shines on Pearl
" I couldn't believe that she was gone...I could feel that something huge, a tide, had washed in, and then washed out." - Anne Lamott on the death of her old dog. Yesterday we buried Pearl. We weren't home when she died in January, and it was deep winter, so the kids...
Good Friday (It Is One)
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” ― E. B. White I know I have shared this quote before, but it was on my mind today as I walked Jeff and Trixie...