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Spiritual Solar Walkers…
Dear Reader: I came across a video on a discussion author Barbara Brown Taylor was conducting at the beautiful Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas. Her latest book Learning to Walk in the Dark hits the...
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Catching Hope….
Dear Reader: I like the following metaphor personifying water coming from a faucet as HOPE. When I take a shower I never have much hot water…so I have learned how to get in and out quickly. Numerous...
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“I Will Live Joyfully Without Reason”
Dear Reader: Kate Wolfe-Jenson, one of my favorite bloggers who suffers from MS, is having more surgery this month and told her readers that she would be gone for awhile but she hoped they would...
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Being Us Out Loud!
Dear Reader: Don’t we all have moments when we read another’s work, or see another’s artwork, or hear a beautiful melody and wonder out loud how the author/artist/musician was able to create something...
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A Tuesday “Terse Verse”
Dear Reader: After leaving my doctor’s appointment yesterday morning, I decided to brave the raw weather and go get some (as I call them) “fake” fire logs for this next cold front blowing in. I ended...
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Keep the Circle Growing
Dear Reader: The most important thing in my life is my family. When I taught school, like many teachers, my family grew and I thought of my students each year as an extended part of my family....
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“I’m Walking on Sunshine…and Don’t It Feel Good?”
Dear Reader: Cold or not cold…the sun was out yesterday and I was keeping my “macho” little man….Rutledge….so Boo was “walking on sunshine and it did feel good.” My little bundle of sunshine…we...
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Stop Hitting “Snooze” and Rewire Yourself for “Ooh’s”
Dear Reader: Do you get in a rut, especially in January, when the snooze button becomes your best friend? I don’t know if it is a combination of mostly gray skies, rain, frigid cold or just me being...
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A “Salty Dog” Day
Dear Reader: I certainly didn’t follow my own advice Friday morning when I hit the snooze button and was still sleeping a little after nine when Anne called. She wanted to know if I would like to go...
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Leaving the Race
Dear Reader: I felt a sudden “Need for Nepo” the other day when I came across some more of his writings. He promises “stories to illuminate the soul” in his book As Far As the Heart Can See...and he...
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Stop and “Remark” about God’s “Remarkable” World
Dear Reader: I usually am turned off when I read an article that has questions directed at the reader….lots and lots of questions. I usually feel like I am getting ready to fall down the rabbit hole...
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Finding Our Lantern…Finding Our Way
Dear Reader: When I “randomly” came across this painting a couple of days ago…it instantly “spoke” to me. For as long as I can remember I have been infatuated with light and lanterns. I have this...
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It’s Time to Feed the Soul…
Dear Reader: As big an eater as I am I do go through periods when I can’t think of anything I want to eat bad enough to fix it, open it, order it, or go out for it. Anybody … Continue reading →
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Winter Roots…
Dear Reader: This painting from Blue Tree Gallery reached out and grabbed me, as soon as I saw it. January is the perfect month to think about family roots and how much we owe those who came before...
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Put On Love…
Dear Reader: Every morning we get up and sigh…what to put on today. Sometimes I wish I had a fairy godmother, like Cinderella, who would make the decision and poof….I’d look down and I was ready to...
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Overcoming Fear to Become Who We Really Are
Dear Reader: Have you ever awakened early in the morning, before the sun has risen, and experienced one of those rare transitional moments (the fleeting period between sleep and full consciousness)...
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Listening for God’s Whisper
Dear Reader: Take a minute and think about the last time you heard God’s whisper. For example… Intuitively you suddenly know you need to turn down the next aisle in a grocery store where you find a...
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Finding God in Each of Us…
Dear Reader: This bright red StoryPeople person is guess who? Anne. She found her StoryPeople self-made “mannequin” from the Humanities Grant project, in the garage. She remembered and felt like,...
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Creating Big Smiles Through Small Acts of Kindness
Dear Reader: We have discussed random acts of kindness many times since this blog was created. And why not? One small kind act, whether given or received, can change a person’s day…even life. It can...
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The Benefit of a Tired Soul…
Dear Reader: The title of the painting above is: “X-Ray of a Tired Soul.” If we could order an x-ray of our soul….would ours look like this? Alone, isolated, tired and unresponsive to the light...
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