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I love organization. I enjoy cleaning, sorting, packing. For me, it is the same process as putting together a jigsaw puzzle. It takes time, observation, and patience. We are getting our home ready for putting it on the market. It has been a wonderful home with a beautiful yard. We would like to downsize, […] Untitled by Ryōkan It is not that I avoid mixing with the world; but I do better playing alone. This poem was excerpted from Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryōkan (page 2). It was translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi. What I found most fascinating about Ryōkan (1758-1831) is not […] It was 1:53 AM when he got up to pee. Faint shadows from the streetlight danced lazily on the wall. It had been almost midnight when she got to sleep, but she forced her eyes to open sufficiently and adjust to the darkness. He expected it, and she predictably said, “It is 2 o’clock. We […] “Oh, Daddy, she is not going to stop!” I screamed. Squealing tires, honking horns, then mangled metal and shattered glass gave way to twisted bodies and altered minds. It took a few moments for me to realize my own flesh was garishly peeled back, dangling down over both of my eyes, preventing me […] My grandson, Brad, and his wife, Christina, spent five wonderFULL days with us on Pine Island. Brad had been working for Charter Media in Murfreesboro (Tennessee) since earning his Master’s Degree three years ago. Recently, though, he declined a large promotion with Charter that would have meant their move to North Carolina. It was not […] Where has the month of February gone? I know one week of it was spent with a friend who was going through a painful time. Without sharing personal details, suffice it to say, it is easy for some people to pretend they are something they are not. What did “he” think? For sure, he […] Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong. HILDEGARD VON BINGEN At no time more than right now, remaining brave and strong is an important reminder. It seems there are more than the usual things to be distressed or discouraged about. In our personal lives, in our communities, in our nation, on […] Does it make sense to you that when you keep bumping into something in your life, it is about you rather than just about what (or whom) you are bumping in to? That has been happening for me again. I enjoyed using a new poetry form to gain insight and freedom. The form of […] Do you remember wanting to be old enough for kindergarten? Old enough to stay home alone? Old enough to babysit? Old enough to drive a car? Old enough to vote or drink? Remember when you thought forty was old? One of the best things about age is its relativity. I was mother to a […] |
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