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Life can sneak up on you and shake you up with a sudden tragedy. (impossible to see it coming) Even though the tragedy isn't mine, it's touched me, made me pause, and shake. (Does anyone read poetry anymore?) A line from a much loved poem by Howard Moss, …the seed…
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You might think that having dinner under a canopy of Jasmine, might be a bit heady. But it didn't bother these diners, or the birthday party upstairs. The combination of good company, Jasmine and wine, make for a sweet, heady evening! Jasmine at O. C. Whites, in…
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If you were a Banyan tree and could send roots to the earth from your "branches" that could shore you up for your journey, how strong you would be. Confident and grounded! Beautiful too! Reprinted from LainesBlog, May 4th, 2012, with permission!
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Although the expected order of things is that the adults in the world guide and teach the children how to become happy and healthy adults, there is a school of thought that claims that the children are here to teach us how to be happy and healthy adults. Looking at this another…
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Poker with the girls last night (not pictured here!), and you know you're in good company when you offer to lose just to balance things out and the dealer says, "Oh, no, we'll pick your pockets clean next time, don't worry!" The yin and yang of life. Sometimes you win and it…
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How much can we trust each other? You and me, and the stranger who made these wonderful lattés? More than we give ourselves credit for, I think. How many bridges do you go over without worrying whether or not they will support you and your car? How many roads travelled, with…
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Iris is the sacred flower of the goddess of the rainbow, Iris, who would take messages of love from the "eye of heaven" to earth using the rainbow as a bridge. Iris means "eye of heaven" and is the name given to the goddess, this flower, and the center of your own eye,…
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It's the bird song lately, just before dawn (how do they know?), that makes me smile and reminds me of life's simplicity. Then the ride over the river, seeing the calm waters filling the marsh – all of this soothing to the restless mind. Deep breath in… Deep breath out… …
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The first blossom on Easter morning… Four days later – a full bouquet! Once it gets started, it doesn't stop!
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Pelicans up and down, in the sky one minute and wings touching the waves the next. Which one are you? Leading the way, or cruising in the middle, or taking space away from the crowd for your own perspective? Each day would be different… sometimes out in front, while at other…
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