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Tag Archives: reflection
agingness – August 19
8.19.2017 tiredness behind my eyes agingness as a process fending off the trade winds of time. ———————-
July 2 – soul waiting
7.2.2017 [soul waiting] squirrels, bullfrogs, an owl drops by, savoring the detritus of deep suburban life and quiet. more quiet than we are used to with the sound turned off and the phone out of range. brother elswyn sat for … Continue reading
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Tagged nature, p, quiet, quiet. quietude, reflection, souls, wonder
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I think this is the year – March 12
3.12.2107 I think this is the year I’ll die, she said sitting in the padded rocker, with a cup of decaf in her hand. really, we said, this year. yes, I have no idea why I’m still around I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, aging, consideration, friendship, mortality, reflection, surprise, wry humor
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warrior two – December 9
12.9.16 [warrior two] warrior two pose stretches the thigh then slides into a tree from which my body slopes over into a fall. breathe through the strained place she implores hold the prayer pose at … Continue reading
hiatus – September 20
[9.12] hiatus. pause. step away. to reconnoiter the inside of feelings empty times, hours, thoughts left intentionally open. to see what will emerge end, begin, cross pollinate. or not. on hiatus. —————–
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Tagged busyness, discomfort, hiatus, openness, pacing, reflection, Sabbath, sabbatical, step back, time out
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I’ve been waiting today – September 7
9.7.2016 I’ve been waiting today for the leaves to start their fall, for the littlest gold yellow bits to sprinkle across the garden even while the humidity of late summer drags and pulls it’s a wait I can wait … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, attention, calm, change, God, non-anxious presence, patience, peacefulness, presence, quiet, reflection, seasons, welcome
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throwbacks – June 19
6.19.2016 we sit in adirondacks on the front lawn throwbacks to when there was no internet or telly or ac. a place to look out across our garden to where the overhead canopy melds into the street and flows … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, modernity, nature, Recreation, reflection, respite, Sabbath
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sitting with history – February 12
2.12.2016 [sitting with history] sitting with history all around in stacks and microfiche in displays that show past times that are mine. how can it be that the everyday of my life is now the yesteryear of theirs … Continue reading
revisiting – December 16
12.16.2017 giddiness at getting to do things that amuse childhood revisited but with understanding not just ‘rosebud.’ ——————-
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Tagged childhood, Citizen Kane, joy, presence, reflection, remembrance, reminiscence
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