By Debra Basham, on October 9, 2024 Last evening we had dinner with two long-time friends. One friend lost her winter home on Pine Island two years ago to Hurricane Ian. As Hurricane Milton is crossing the Gulf of Mexico right now barrelling toward Florida we have friends who are year-round on the island. It felt good for us to gather here […]
By Debra Basham, on October 4, 2024 It depends where you look.
As I slide the drape back from the window this morning the sky to the west is very dark.
I have been initiating conversation about the upcoming Presidential Election with John. For decades we have not spoken of such things, but it seems vital to be able to […]
By Debra Basham, on September 18, 2024 The Secret Garden was written by English-American author and playwright Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924). It was originally serialized in The American Magazine in 1909 and 1910 and was then published as a book in 1911.
Originally published in 1924, The Boxcar Children is a children’s book series originally created and written by the American first-grade […]
By Debra Basham, on September 7, 2024 The work of wisdom is to differentiate between what is skillful, and what is unskillful. ~ The Daily Tejaniya
My days continue to include bike rides and sharing with Fred. It has been two months and two days since Linda died.
We ride and talk. Most days we have a water break sitting somewhere […]
By Debra Basham, on August 24, 2024 It has been a week of mild medical stuff. I had a crown prep on Thursday with a new dentist. I always let folks know I experience anxiety about medical procedures. When I told Dr. Lisa, she said she totally understands, that she is afraid too. I said I sometimes cry. She responded, “So do […]
By Debra Basham, on August 14, 2024 Most days of late I’ve been riding bike with Fred. I guess that could have been a good title for this post, but it is about so much more than biking or Fred. But, Fred did share something about a guy named Mammina he worked with who would say something like this: “You can only […]
By Debra Basham, on July 27, 2024 The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. According to the Library of Congress, “In the […]
By Debra Basham, on July 19, 2024 Yesterday I was having a bad hair day. I need to get my hair cut soon or decide to let it grow out. It is at that difficult in-between stage, much like our planet.
Suddenly, I had the idea to look at a photo of me taken with my two older sisters when I […]
By Debra Basham, on July 17, 2024 Anālayo, a Buddhist monk, writes, “As long as the constant change inherent in life is not recognized, death is easily perceived as an abrupt end of all that has thus far been experienced as stable and lasting… it is not possible to live properly and fully unless the inevitability of death is accepted as an […]
By Debra Basham, on June 26, 2024 Agitation is interesting.
Instead of trying to make it go away, allow it to be fully present, so that you can watch and learn its nature clearly.
~ The DailyTejaniya
It is difficult to recall how long ago now I saw so clearly the futility of speaking about a situation that is […]
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