This is a Tribute to the Lovingest Person I ever knew: Phyllis Extraordinaire!
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Tears Cresting and Falling – Moved by Literature and Theatre
So, tears come easily perhaps. And the pain others put into story form, to allow others to see into their world, see what their challenges and struggles were, see what they rose up from, what brought them to their knees - I feel these things deeply.
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Body in Motion
My mood is always more settled, almost nestled in and snug and happy, when I am tending to the needs of my soul.
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They Became My Partners in Joy
It took work on my part to shed some layers of negativity and remember my somewhat bohemian wildness and happiness, my inner childishness, to allow myself to look silly in front of my kids.
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Darkness within Darkness
Reflections on The Tao te Ching - Chapter 1: The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real. Naming is the origin of all particular things. Free from desire, you realize the mystery. … Continue reading Darkness within Darkness
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Soap and Joy and Dance and Daydreaming
Yesterday I read a great article about setting aside fifteen minutes a day to Power Brainstorm, to Idea Generate and let the mind wander from one new idea to another. The author said that of course pumping out lots of ideas in an almost forced way will mean that a lot of the ideas … Continue reading Soap and Joy and Dance and Daydreaming
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Unexpected Up-Side of our Organic-ish Farming Venture
We say Organic-ish, because we do use Wasp Spray. Other than that, we don't spray anything on our garden, no chemicals, no weed-killers, and it turns out, that's a really good thing. Our animals love all those weeds. At first we were pulling weeds, now I'm out every morning Clipping Weeds. That's right, I clip … Continue reading Unexpected Up-Side of our Organic-ish Farming Venture
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Endless Visibility that Hands you the Horizon on a Platter
This morning, I started out my reading time with a little poetry from Billy Collins. The title of this article is a line from his poem Canada, from the book, "Sailing Alone Around the Room." What Collins does best is turn an apparently simple phrase into a numinous moment. --The New Yorker That started off … Continue reading Endless Visibility that Hands you the Horizon on a Platter
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The Beauty of a Mind Lit Up with Joy
After Benjamin had a mathematical breakthrough this week, suddenly, he is completely consumed with math and the beauty of it, the problem solving, art, design, functionality and pure joy of it. This gorgeous picture was one we found on a google search when I typed in the words "Mathematical Beauty." That was right after we'd … Continue reading The Beauty of a Mind Lit Up with Joy
