Boo
Boo Halloween is an ancient druidic holiday, one the Celtic peoples have celebrated for millennia. It is the crack between the last golden rays of summer and the dark of winter; the delicately… Continue reading
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Land Down Under
33 years after a young Australian boy, age 16, came to live with my parents for a year as part of the rotary student exchange program, I now have the opportunity to visit… Continue reading
Forest through the trees…
Some cannot see the forest, for the trees… Ask yourself… “Can I?” Step back, refocus, try to see the big picture from another perspective.
Eye of the Storm
Eye of the Storm “In the age of technology there is constant access to vast amounts of information. The basket overflows; people get overwhelmed; the eye of the storm is not so much… Continue reading
Murky Water, Dusty Mirror
“Murky water is turbid; let it settle and it clears. A dusty mirror is dim; clean it and it is bright. What I realize as I observe this is the Tao of clarifying… Continue reading
Pine Needles
I grew up underneath tall pines. Back then my circle was small, but mighty. As children, we few played together in pinestraw, we braided the strands, wove the pieces into our hair…at Christmas-time… Continue reading
Cry of the Loon
“Few things in nature can compare to the long, mournful wail of a loon echoing across water and through the forest. It’s an evocative sound that will stick with you for the rest… Continue reading
“There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.”
All that you touch All that you see All that you taste All you feel All that you love All that you hate All you distrust All you save All that you give… Continue reading
Greener Grass
The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ~Henry Miller
Figment
“I never understood why when you died, you didn’t just vanish, everything should just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn’t be there. I always thought I’d like my… Continue reading
Tequila Sunrise
Tequila Sunrise I woke up at 5:15 to this, just before the rains came and seemingly washed it away…too sleepy to work the settings on my camera properly, I think I got lucky,… Continue reading
Dreams in Ashes
Dreams in Ashes from Irene’s high school diary… the sequel to “Decisions”. July 14, 1949
Decisions
My decision will be either this one…. Or This One… As the story goes, Irene was in love with Don, and during her senior year of high school she spoke of barn dances… Continue reading
Mom Today’s Diary
What was it like to be a 17 year old Polish immigrant teenage girl in Chicago in 1948? My Mother-in-law, who passed from this life last May, the day after Mother’s Day, to move… Continue reading
The Proof’s in the Pudding!
Thrilled beyond belief to have acquired a published family cookbook filled with old-time recipes from my two great-grandmother’s on my biological Father’s side. Today I made great grandma Bertie’s banana pudding. My first… Continue reading
Beginnings and Endings
I was watching a YouTube video the other day of a circa 1971 performance by James Taylor. I’ve always loved this song, but it was his spoken words before and after the song… Continue reading
Dr. Hug
I took the day off from work today to do nothing more than recharge. Recharge my mind, body, and spirt. So, I started off with a healthy breakfast, cued up a Phil Collins… Continue reading
A Rare Piece of Hummingbird Advice
Beloved Readers: You know this blog is not about giving advice. I created it to share stories, grapple with life challenges, mine wisdom wherever it may be found, stimulate discussion, pinpoint tin… Source:… Continue reading
Words for a Wednesday: Life Is Amazing…
Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and the awful it’s ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through… Continue reading
Ten things I don’t do anymore
Wait in line. For anything. Blame others. I forgot. Gossip. Tolerate rudeness. Disco rollerskate. Waste energy on things I can’t control. Worry about pleasing Everyone. Expect reciprocation. Dwell on the Past.