I really like watermelon.
Do you like my bow?
I always wear one.
My mommy is really good at matching my bows to my dresses,
and, no, they don't always match my food,
but this time it is really close!
Do you like my dress?
I like you.
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No worries!
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Do you have a big sister?
Is she as nice as mine?
My big sister writes me notes that tell me how much she loves me.
Does your big sister do that?
I want to be just like her, but I guess that I have to wait 'cause
I can't write, can't read either, but I know what the notes say.
My daddy reads them to me.
Just look at her, isn't she great?
I love my big sister.
She loves me too.
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Looking up or down?
You…
…today,
looking up or down?
(That's the short version of today's post. Here is the long one.)
If you're feeling good today, happy and cheerful, be sure to share that
somehow, because you never know how much a heartfelt smile might mean to
someone, how just a smile can save a life.
If you're not feeling happy or cheerful, breathe that in
and try to connect to other people who aren't feeling happy,
who are probably trying to figure out why, and how to "fix"
or get rid of it somehow.
If you sit with the feeling and trust that it will pass,
(and you know it will),
at the end of that you will be softer, because you made the
friendship with yourself stronger.
Instead of rejecting that part of yourself, you have
embraced it and your shadow grows smaller
and your heart grows bigger.
So, up or down,
It's still you there,
and you're fine,
right where you are.
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What do you see when you enter a garden?
What do you hear?
Is there water falling nearby?
A bird singing?
Can you smell the lavender,
or the damp earth?
What do you see?
Life is exploding all around us.
Can you feel it?
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Back and forth he goes with endless energy!
This boy is so stoked with his skimboard and the newly formed tidal
pool, that he doesn't notice the drama unfolding over the ocean
right beside him – the outer edges of Hurricane Irene,
illuminated by the setting sun.
I think to show him, but decide to enjoy his pleasure, and
mix it with mine, to double the moment.
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On a warm January day off, sitting on the beach,
enjoying the skimmers, pelicans and gulls, and a family fishing nearby.
In Vietnam each seaside village has a secret fish sauce recipe.
Reading Vietnamese-American, Andrew X Pham's
Catfish and Mandala –
a very brave piece of storytelling about one man's search
for his bearings, that takes him back to the village in Vietnam
where his life began. Through foreign yet familiar landscapes,
the author bicycles his way across memories,
encountering dangers he hadn't imagined and finding
the grace that his soul so badly needed in a simple encounter.
It is a true hero's journey.
The family scurries off the vanishing sandbar and gathering my book and chairI head to my favorite Chinese restaurant for some scallion pancakes.
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Jack, "Hey, that's my ball."
Sophie, "My ball."
Jack, (laughing)
Sophie, "My ball."
Everyone in the room, (laughing).
Sophie, "My ball."
Gertrude Stein, "A tennis ball is a tennis ball is a tennis ball."
(paraphrased)
Sophie, "My tennis ball!"
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Power, pressure, heat, steam…all coming from the earth.
A generous gift of energy, warmth and light to Icelanders.
Where does your power come from?
Your real power?
Two books out of the library simultaneously…
The Art of Power, by Thich Nhat Hanh and
The Power of Art, by Simon Schama.
Never finished either one, but would like to one day!
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Inside the iMac G5
A small tribute to Steve Jobs for creating an amazing line
of reliable and elegant playthings for the rest of us
to enjoy and marvel over.
Here's to the beautiful thought that your trip
through time and space is only just begining.
In gratitude and awe,
Laine
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