Why do I Write?
I came across a post on Facebook, this evening, which asked the question of all artists, why do you write, play music, sing, paint, sketch, or whatever else you do? Of course, there were a number of responses, many of…
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Monthly Archive: January 2015
The Ama divers and finding beauty
I read the script and looked at pictures from a story about the Ama divers of Japan, this morning. I saw something about this last year. I found an incredible beauty in the “work” that these women have traditionally done.…
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Seasons
The changing of the seasons has always fascinated me, as well as seemingly sending me on a new adventure, ever changing. Early in my adult life I declared that I could never live anywhere that didn’t have four distinct seasons.…
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Passion in landscaping and more
This morning, sitting here wondering how to proceed in pursuing a job that has both meaning and a means of supporting myself, I found myself in an exercise, a conversation with a potential employer. I imagined this person to be…
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Home is where …
We know that too often in our lives we have a tendency to stash our feelings. Often this comes at times when we can’t, don’t want to, or don’t feel we have time to deal with them. But, do those…
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Mohawk River on a January morning.
I’m visiting Upstate New York and Western Massachusetts, right now. This morning, I took Mom to the “hairdresser”. Since I had 3/4 of an hour to “kill”, before returning to pick her up, I headed to the river, just a…
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Memorable Trees (a writing in progress)
Many of us (even most) have at least one tree in our lives which has stood out for some reason. In some cases the “Memorable Tree” may be one we hung a swing on, or built a tree house in.…
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