. . . and to you this day . . .

This morning quite early I stepped out with some feed for the birds, it’s so very cold out there, the snow squeaks underfoot, the air crisp and fresh. There is a Japanese proverb that says – ‘One kind word can…
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After a particularly hellish week, I am in need of silence .. my own,  I suppose the kind of quiet I am seeking is not even an external quiet but rather an internal one complicated situations at work have driven…
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So this morning, I am determined to feel myself, back among the living, having spent the later part of Thursday and all of my Friday snuggled up almost simultaneously shivering and sweating, as well as feeling mildly delirious. When first…
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“When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully”  ~ Steve Maraboli At the dawning of a bright new year, when even a snow covered chair appears to be smiling, how could one offer the world anything… but gratitude  ♥

There is a place in the yard where I stand… when outside has become a wintery wonderland it is between two towering yews, when heavily topped with snow they bow their branches together to form an arch of sorts and…
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And so… it is we come to the close of another year and there were days that seemed to fly before we begin anew, let me offer you my gratitude hopefully you have loved some sadly of course, we have…
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The snow came down in the night and continues to fall the trees take on an adornment of lovely frosty white fluff my morning is touched by the kindness of a friend and my first wedge of panetonne (seems criminal…
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  ‘Tis the holiday season,  and I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a funk too many grey days, I suppose too much stuff, too busy too much to do just not enough time to read and to write and…
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And so the snow arrives, making everything look quite lovely soft and fresh outside and I wonder if I should go out and shovel this time of year, I don’t get to see my husband as much as I’d like…
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It is a simple thing, and a wonderful thing an easy thing and sometimes,  you might think a difficult thing often it’s a little thing that feels like a very large thing this thing called kindness that should, I believe…
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