The Best of Bhutan

By Debra Basham, on February 13, 2021

“Bhutan’s approach as a Buddhist country, a country that values Gross National Happiness, is different from a typical technocratic approach.” ~ Tenzing Lamsang, an investigative journalist and editor of The Bhutanese

Those who know me well are well aware I rarely read news. Today, I was drawn to read the article about Bhutan’s experience […]

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Ageless in this Moment

By Debra Basham, on May 22, 2020

This week is the anniversary of my mom’s transition. May 20 is also the date Ursel, the former owner of our home, passed, as well as the date Ursel purchased the home 33 years earlier. Both Ursel and my mom had their funeral/celebration of life on May 23. (See the Sacred Story: May 20).

My […]

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Enough!

By Debra Basham, on March 6, 2020

Autumn

Leaves are falling down autumn of my life this is I must choose to live

Watching baby breathe innocent and fresh new start coming from the heart

Hands wrinkled from work burdened by beliefs not mine wake before too late

She is blind but sees his deaf ears hear love’s true call death’s doorway […]

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We Are Moved!

By Debra Basham, on August 6, 2017

I have had some long days and short nights the past couple of weeks, but we are moved! Here is my poem about all of that I wrote for the last Pine Island Poetry group:

A Week’s Lifetime I. I’ve slept in my bed in this house the last Sunday of my life. The scent […]

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