Tag: inspiration
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Sunsets in Florida
I haven’t written for awhile because I was lucky enough to visit a friend in Florida. I’ve known her since before kindergarten and she moved there two years ago. Our moms were good friends too and so there’s a lot of history. I’ve been to Florida a handful of times over the years and have…
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Why I Blog
I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say. Flannery O’Connor I usually don’t have trouble figuring out what to write about. Many times I start out writing about one thing and it morphs into something else and I go with it because it also seems valid and something…
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Meditating Outside…in Winter
This morning I woke up early. It was a relatively mild winter morning for Pennsylvania. I bundled up and put a comforter on one of the rocking chairs on the front porch and did my morning meditation out there. In the spring, summer, and autumn it’s my usual place for morning meditations. It’s hard to…
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Welcome, New Year!
Birds start each new day with a song. I like to think that their song is extra melodious on the start of a new year. Some good advice for 2023 My first post of the year is short and sweet. First, I want to share some good advice I read in the NY Times yesterday…
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Favorite Thanksgivings
I decided to write a positive piece on Thanksgiving after my last dreary commentary on difficult family dynamics this time of year. I have definitely had some wonderful Thanksgivings. I want to share three that pop into mind when I think about happy Thanksgiving memories. The first one took place in Boston about 30 years…
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Whichever Way the Wind Blows
It’s a mild Sunday morning So warm I’m doing my morning meditation on the front porch. I’m appreciating the extra hour I slept last night due to turning our clocks back, ending daylight savings. I’m willing the delivery of the Sunday NY Times with my mind. It never arrived last Sunday, the first week of…
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Preparing for Winter While Daydreaming of Florence
It’s been six months since I’ve returned from my two-month stint in Italy. I know that I’ve been lucky to be there as often as I have recently…three weeks last autumn and two months this past winter/spring….but the longing has returned. It has actually been quite beautiful around here of late with the autumnal leaves…
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The Power of Music
This morning on one of the news shows, singer Joy Oladokun whom I had never heard of before, inspired me in just a couple of minutes of listening to her. She spoke about the power of music, how it can be healing, and how it’s the last frontier where people can unite before any issues…
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You are Love
While it’s sunny and humid at the moment, there’s a feeling of fall in the air…or like a new season is upon us. A good time to think about how I want to begin this new season. When I started writing this morning I began by lamenting on how imperfect I am and how difficult…
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Inspirational Quotes from Adams
Looking through an old folder, I found notes I wrote when I read McCullough’s book for the first time 10 years ago. I want to share them. First I want to share what I wrote then, “I’m really enjoying reading about the Presidents. Especially McCullough’s John Adams captured me. Adams’ earnestness, integrity, thin-skin, knowing that…
We are all in this together 