to make a heart sing…
Sometimes, it’s as simple as a walk to the library in sunshine to pick up a few books my valued treasures and then a stop in at the museum with a feature on fashions that lures me in as I…
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. . . and to you this day . . .
What are you afraid of?
Today I’m thinking about this… What is it you are so afraid of?? Debt… I am afraid of debt, of the sinking, soaking hopelessness of debt. For a long time as a one income family, and even now with two…
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good things and lovely things, and words…
One of the blessings I guess of working long hours of rather strenuous physical work, is just how very much I appreciate a day off To not waking myself far too early before even the sun deems it necessary to…
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like sparkles on snow…
Before my eyes are even open I am listening to the birds outside my window trying to identify their call while my husband quietly readies himself for work careful not to wake me, on my day off and this begins…
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to just somehow…
How to not be bowled over by the world? This morning I can feel my heart is breaking, with each horrific bit of news coming from the baffling developments south of the border. All this talk of walls, makes me…
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rising tides …
the water is getting higher I say to my husband, closing my eyes and sinking into his chest, I can feel it in my ears I know he says … this means of course that I have been sinking a…
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a walk to the composter …
I slip my feet slippers and all into my husband’s big boots so big that when I walk they force me to take giant steps and walk like I am three this makes me smile the ground is soggy and…
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shoulder to shoulder into the fray …
I don’t like shouting and I am not a fan of crowds although as a mother of four i certainly do understand sometimes the need to be heard my thoughts on this day in our history never should we underestimate…
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my love song to you…
I wish that I could write you a love song a simple tune that would run through your head whenever it is, you need to be soothed or bolstered or saved I wish that I could offer you hope a…
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as I sit, admiring the view…
This morning I sit in my chair reading I look out the window to watch delicate snowflakes waltzing their way softly to the ground and then, slowly disappear on the piano my Buddha sits smiling content beside him a lovely…
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