. . . and to you this day . . .

Last night I had a dream that a thousand people showed up at my house and my husband wasn’t home and I was late for work my husband, you see would welcome the crowd but to me this is possibly…
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The dog barks, as the sky darkens and a distant rumbling begins the kids scramble to check windows large drops start pelting in increasing frequency while I grab a rather large handful of sweet red cherries as many as I…
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This morning skies are overcast and dull it is humid and I am in need of time to empty out the contents of a tired mind overrun by wild monkeys This morning I am reading about mercy and kindness, and…
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Today I am sifting and sorting thinning and releasing trying to rid myself of stuff and generally making myself sick I am terribly allergic to dust and therefore find myself constantly caught between avoiding it altogether or letting it settle…
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A walk of gratitude in the garden between showers to feel this yesterday around 5:15 rather hot and tired, he picks me up he in a crisp blue shirt the finish of another work day for both of us as…
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It has become like a sort of longing… it’s my day to write and really,  what have I got to say, I come to sit in the sun in the lovely quietness of my gardens blazing beams of glorious light…
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Today’s disclaimer:  the opinions in the following are entirely my own,  they are not meant to entice, enrage or accuse..   We each have our own stories and versions as such…. I read once in a memoir of Nuala O’Faolain, “that…
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Sometimes it is necessary to just sit still and let your joy come to you some days it’s all I’ve got even on the days when just one brief bit of joy seems improbable impossible maybe even unlikely I know…
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This morning after a read of my book,  I listen to a Ted talk by the inimitable Anne Lamott:  12 Truths I learned from life and writing.   I love Ted talks, of all kinds, I could easily while away the…
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