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Category Archives: Life
The Creator’s Whimsy
I’m sitting here on the subway enjoying watching the colorful and entertaining diversity of people around me: endless shades of color, variations of height, weight, hair, adornment (clothes, jewelry, bag), demeanor, probably religion and world view, and a whole lot more. … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Life, Spirituality
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A Well-Seasoned Celebration
June 21, 2012 I want a way to note each of the year’s four seasonal watersheds, the two equinoxes that usher in Spring and Fall and mark the halfway point to extreme light or darkness, and the solstices, cosmic exclamation … Continue reading
Posted in Garden: A Love Story, Life, Time
Tagged earth, season, solstice, sun, time
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March Fourth? March Forth!
Click for a soundtrack to this post: Washington Post March Once again March 4 is here. I still get pleasure, probably a little childish, saying to people, “Today is my favorite day of the year.” I enjoy springing my … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Life, Word Play
Tagged cucmber day, March 4th, March forth, March fourth, pun
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I aspire to this
Here’s another sweetly written essay by Verlyn Klinkenborg, published in last Sunday’s New York Times. I want to live life doing what he does: “…write and read and do chores and whatever I can to stem the tide.” Mouse House … Continue reading
Reason 23 for Writing Regularly in a Journal or Notebook
Reason 23 for writing in a journal: It’s a good outlet for the drivelisdom* (pronounced: drih-vuhl-IZ-dum) slushing around in your head. Also, you can go back to it later and say, “Gosh what drivel,” or “Gosh, how wise.” Here’s a … Continue reading
Do You Talk to Yourself? Write it Down!
Do you talk to yourself? Write it down. Carry a small notebook with you wherever you go so you can be your own secretary, taking down the notes, the words, the ideas you are speaking in your own mind. Sitting … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Living Literarily, Writing
Tagged emotional health, health, journal, Writing
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Autumn Striptease
About three hours west of here, close to the sources of the great Potomac which these days saunters lazily by our apartment, a small community in the Appalachians is convening a five-day festival called Autumn Glory. I’m pretty sure scores … Continue reading
Once Again, It’s All About the Guy
October 15, 2011 I paid my respects at the tomb of the Female Stranger yesterday. I really should think of a name for her. I’m coming to believe she deserves more than to be shrouded in the shreds of a … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Word Collections
Tagged epitaph, female stranger, male ego, selfishness
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Before the Fall
I usually look around and find too much time has gone by too quickly, startled it’s as late as it is, but not right now. These days seem to drag slowly by, one…by…one. Summer is over but not yet, really. … Continue reading
Posted in Garden: A Love Story, Life, Time
Tagged contentment, impatient, late summer, waiting
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