Posted May 4, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Don Anderson

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She was planning a trip to Greece with two friends, but both of them had family situations develop making them back out. They decided on a cruise instead, but a cruise was not her thing, so she chose to go to Greece alone.

A friend suggested she introduce herself to […]

Posted April 28, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Game of Life: Pick-out-picks

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Her husband had gone to the ER and been admitted to the hospital with a possible stroke. It had been a long day. She went to bed without running the garbage disposal so the following morning, as she readied to go to the hospital, she could smell the drain.

Starting […]

Posted April 15, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Lizzie's Libra Luna

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Nine years earlier they had said goodbye to their beloved daughter, Lizzie.

About 5 am the next morning she woke up awash in moonlight shining through the skylight!

Later that morning her astrology app dinged in that the moon would be full in Libra – Lizzie’s sign.

This […]

Posted March 29, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Peace Lily

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She’d had this peace lily for several years without a bloom.

She had tried everything from giving it more water, less water, feeding, turning, moving it to other locations… nothing.

In fact, it was looking quite sad.

She began talking to it, connecting with it’s energy, touching it […]

Posted March 27, 2022 in Sacred Stories

March 27

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The previous morning she had received shocking news the young-ish adult son of a long-time friend had been found dead in his bed. Her friend was traveling across country, leaving her husband behind, as his mother (a recent widow dealing with cognitive loss) had just relocated to be near them.

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Posted March 14, 2022 in Sacred Stories

The Book of Runes

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They were sharing conversation about human consciousness as related to the woes of the world when The Book of Runes by cultural anthropologist Ralph H. Blum was introduced by their hostess.

Based on a tradition over one thousand years old, the Runes are seen by many as a contemporary Oracle […]

Posted February 24, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Appointment

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The cardiologist her husband had seen while in the hospital was moving to a different practice in another city. She had been trying to get her husband established with this doctor.

She had called previously, but they were not able yet to make an appointment.

She just had the urge […]

Posted February 24, 2022 in Sacred Stories

The Same Exact Moment

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For over ten years they had all wintered near one another in Florida, but they had lost his brother a few months earlier. Today, for the first time, they were visiting other family at the campground.

His phone rang.

It was his brother’s wife, calling from Michigan to say […]

Posted February 24, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Pileated Woodpecker (2)

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Out on a bike ride, she had the SECOND pileated woodpecker sighting in one week’s time. This after having not seen a pileated woodpecker for two seasons (since their habitat had begun being cleared to build homes).

Moments later a text message popped in from their daughter: “Keep me posted on […]

Posted February 18, 2022 in Sacred Stories

Pileated Woodpecker

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Bike riding, she pointed out yet another lot which had recently been cleared.

“This was home to a pair of pileated woodpeckers,” she bemoaned.

“Where do they take them when they clear the land?” her daughter asked.

“They don’t take them anywhere. They just destroy the habitat. If […]