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Summer Pleasures: The Porch
Around early to mid-June, many household activities move to our covered front porch. How I Iove to sit here to welcome the new day, enlivened by a cup of coffee! My morning meditation often consists of simply sitting and observing, … Continue reading
What Age Has Brought Me
Last week, I sat down with a writer friend and we chose to write in response to one of Laura Davis’ writing prompts: What Age Has Brought Me. Thanks for the inspiration, Laura! I am at the younger end of … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
Tagged advantages of aging, age, aging, inner travel, judgment, life lessons, Travel, wisdom
27 Comments
Beauty – Where Have You Been?
If you ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it… But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life. (Frank Lloyd Wright) The US election in 2016 and its ongoing aftermath … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Inspiration, Musings
Tagged beauty, beauty as archetype, brokenness, chaos, core self, debris, desperate times, grace, idol, John O'Donohue, paradise, peace, perfection, pollution, Rumi, strife, transformation, uncertainty
33 Comments
Chestnut Harvest
My Chinese Chestnut tree is finally beginning to bear a good amount of nuts. After a few frosty nights, about half of the nuts have fallen to the ground; the other half is still clinging to the tree. I collected … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Inspiration, Musings
Tagged burr, Chinese chestnut tree, Chinese chestnuts, cocoon, cupule, protection, seed babies, sensuous, soft womb, spininess
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Happy New Year
May your glass always be at least half full. May it be filled with nourishment when you are thirsty, something refreshing when you are hot, something warming when you are cold. May you give what you don’t need to another. … Continue reading
Posted in Ekphrastica (Photos & Poems), Musings
Tagged courage, glass half full, gratitude, Happy New Year, mystery, new year, nourishment, sharing, solitude
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The Beauty Along the Road 