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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
“Look not out, but within . . . Remember it is a still voice that speaks to us in this day, and that it is not to be heard in the noises and hurries of the mind; but it is distinctly understood in a...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017
“O my Luve’s like a red, red rose.” ~ Robert Burns The other day I was shooting photos with a dried rose. My husband took note. Yesterday he brought a single red rose home for me. This is love.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017
The Prayer of St. Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope;...
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Friday, February 10, 2017
“Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.” ~ Richard Paul Evans, Lost December Yesterday I wrote about the harshness of life; today I consider gentler things. It is...
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Sunday, February 12, 2017
“So, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me for I, too, am fluent in silence.” ~ R. Arnold Rather than gripe about it, I remembered that my ongoing insomnia is a perfect opportunity to pray for...
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Monday February 13, 2017
“What a life is ours! Doesn’t anybody in the world anymore want to get up in the middle of the night and sing?” ~ Mary Oliver Actually I’d rather sleep but these nights that seems elusive. More time...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart There were many moments of silence as we visited with my mother-in-love yesterday. It was not one of her better...
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Friday, March 3, 2017
“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.” ~ Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist I wake early, first, while it’s still...
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Monday, March 6, 2017
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” ~ Rudyard Kipling I love the written word and am relatively fluent in it. Less so, the spoken word. I fast grow weary of inane chatter...
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Friday, March 10, 2017
“That is one good thing about this world . . . there are always sure to be more springs.” ~ L.M. Montgomery I dread looking out the window in the morning for fear of seeing how much snow accumulated...
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017
“Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us, and see the beauty in ordinary things.” ~Thomas Merton I pour a measure of warm water into the half-full bag of seed starting mix, reach in and...
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Saturday, March 18, 2017
“There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a dance so wild that nothing can roost there, that stirs the yearning for solitary voyage.” ~ Barbara Lazear...
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Sunday, March 19, 2017
“Rest and be thankful.” ~ William Wordsworth I wake weary. Sleep came late, waking early, and I am tired as I sit here in the dark contemplating the day to come. I’m thinking about a project I’m toying...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
“Reflect upon your present blessings–of which every man has many–not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” ~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings I wake...
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Sunday, March 26, 2017
But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will...
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Monday, April 24, 2017
“There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.” ~ Homer, The Odyssey Eighteen years ago, on...
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Thursday, April 27, 201
A faint smell of lilac filled the air. There was always lilac in this part of town. Where there were grandmothers, there was always lilac. ~ Laura Miller There’s just something about lilacs, isn’t...
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Sunday, April 30, 2017
“Rest and be thankful.” ~ William Wordsworth Sunday blessings: rest and gratitude. I’m aiming for a good measure of both today. Wishing you a blessed day as well.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017
“For fast acting relief, try slowing down.” ~ Lily Tomlin If I wasn’t intentional about slowing down I would have missed the volunteer anemones that showed up in the yard this year. If I hadn’t taken...
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Sunday, June 4, 2017
“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” ~ Henri Nouwen The whisper of the automatic sprinklers as they come on. The cool, fresh morning air. Open...
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