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Ellie: The Wonder Pooch
Ellie and Alexis (2001)A friend asked me a question yesterday. Three actually.Josie on yesterday's blog asked: What is the story of Ellie's relationship with you, how did she handle the hard years,...
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Let me do in Love
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears."--John VanceCheney, PoetandEssayistI cried last night. It was during meditation. The beauty and exquisite nature of my journey brought tears to my...
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Still Saturday
In Sandra Heska King's invitation to join in Still Saturday, she writes: "Welcome to Still Saturday where we pause after a busy week, move in quiet pilgrimage, maybe linger a while in some fragrant...
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Family times and heart places
First Course SaladC.C.'s daughter Mikaela is having a grand time eating her way through Paris. After a month and a half she has discovered more fabulous eateries, wine stops and hot chocolate vendors...
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Letting go, I become, that which I hold onto.
In the Soul of a Pilgrim course I studied during Lent, course moderator and Abbess of Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner, asked in one of the lessons, "What if I truly believed the path...
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The Ocean Refuses No River
The ocean refuses no river. Mirabai CeibaI listened to Mirabai Ceiba for the first time this morning singing their beautiful song of life, The Ocean. The opening line of the song really resonated --...
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Still Saturday.
Sandra Heska King's Still Saturday inspires me to "gaze long and drink deep" with her invitation to "pause after a busy week, move in quiet pilgrimage, maybe linger a while in some still place, and...
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Spinning through time and space. I beat the drum.
Yesterday's walk. Before the snow.I went drumming last night. I pound upon the drum skin. I beat the rhythm of my heart. And I was refreshed, renewed, revitalized.It was an amazing two hours of rhythm...
View ArticleJudgments hurt
Something has changed in how blogger notifies me of comments, and I keep finding comments in my notifications that I thought I'd approved but somehow didn't get posted! My apologies if I seem to be...
View ArticleHappy Mother's Day! (repost from A Year...)
It is Mother's Day. A time to celebrate. A time to give thanks. A time to say, I love you mom.I was the final note in a quartet of children. The 'baby' of the family, I had my way. I was spoiled,...
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Summer of Peace Calgary 2012
It is time.Time to awaken, to rise up, to celebrate.Time to open our hearts, shift our minds and lift our spirits up!It is time to put down arms without fearing for our lives and hold out our arms in...
View ArticleIn the comfort of not moving
It is Saturday. A day of relaxation. Togetherness. Shopping. Errands. going to the market on our list of 'to do's'. Getting dinner ready to share with friends.C.C. came home last night. He is still...
View ArticleWhen time stopped.
May 21. A momentous day. A day worth noting. Remarking. Celebrating.A day like any other day, except, this day was 'the day'. Nine years ago today, at 9:14 am. This is the day it all ended and began...
View ArticleWe are here to be our miraculous selves
It has been over two weeks since I posted here. How time flies.I sometimes wonder.... if I didn't post here any more would I miss it. And then I realize -- I would. Because this place was my launching...
View ArticleIn That Place (a poem)
Recently, a young woman from England dropped in here to say hello. I wandered over to her place and was touched by her courage, her wisdom and her awareness.She's not had it easy. And yet, despite what...
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Mary Oliver. I am breathing ( a poem)
Mary Oliver: I am breathingBreathing just a littlelife flowswithout thoughtof each moment passingawaydraining into the nextevery drop of anticipationsucked dryof life's rich bountyunfoldingin the...
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In this sacred space
We met, six peace-makers in a room, plotting, scheming, designing peace. It is all in aid of Summer of Peace Calgary 2012 which kicks-off Friday night at Drumming Up Peace!I won't be there. C.C. and I...
View ArticleBreathless I fall (a poem from wine country)
BREATHLESS I FALLIn this place, ocean breezes carry mesenselessthoughts unravelling streaming out like clouds floating by without regard to time or space into fantasywhere sun and sand and sea meet on...
View ArticleIn Wine Country
I am relaxing in the 'sitting room' of the B&B where C.C. and I are staying in Sonoma County. Yesterday we drove along the coast from San Francisco, the top down on the mustang convertibe we rented...
View ArticleIn Liberty's Gaze (a 4th of July Repost)
You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only if I am free. Clarence DarrowShe didn't know her own strength. She'd never been tested....
View ArticleLife is an act of creation
When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso. Pablo PicassoWhen...
View ArticleI'm over at A Year of Making a Difference!
I have been absent from this place for awhile.Oh, I've been writing every day -- just not here.And in case you're looking for me and wondering where I'm at....I'm over at A Year of Making a...
View ArticleThe Window
The Window Through Which We Look A young couple moved into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, The young woman saw her neighbor hanging the wash outside. 'That...
View ArticleJoyce Wycoff Everyday Beauty: Día de los Muertos: Romerillo, Chiapas
Joyce Wycoff Everyday Beauty: Día de los Muertos: Romerillo, Chiapas
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In the moment of where I am
In this vast space nudged up against the Rockies, spring comes late. This week, snow fell, ice melted. Water flowed. The first delicate pussy willows burst open. Spring is in the air.Still nippy, the...
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