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Monday, December 22, 2014

The Afterlife (poem) by Billy Collins

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While you are preparing for sleep, brushing your teeth, or riffling through a magazine in bed, the dead of the day are setting out on their ...
Friday, December 12, 2014

Run before Dawn (poem) by William Stafford

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Most mornings I get away, slip out the door before light, set forth on the dim gray road, letting my feet find a cadence that softly carries...
Friday, November 07, 2014

The Expanse Cast Graphic Edition!

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And because I couldn't resist, here's one more graphic, from one fan to another ...

The Expanse - James A. Corey

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I admit I read the books because I was college roommates with one of the authors. But I loved them for the awesome! And now, I'm h...
Friday, October 31, 2014

The range of attachment... what explains my relationships

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And from this article : Attachment Style Parental Style Resulting Adult Characteristics Secure Aligned with the child; in tune with...

A Ritual to Read to Each Other (poem) by William Stafford

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If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the ...

The Three Goals (poem) by David Budbill

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The first goal is to see the thing in itself in and for itself, to see it simply and clearly for what it is. No symbolism, please. The secon...

"Tired of Speaking Sweetly" - Hafiz

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Love wants to reach out and manhandle us, Break all our teacup talk of God. If you had the courage and Could give the Beloved His c...

Carry on, Warrior - Glennon Doyle Melton

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I loved this book.  Even when she annoyed me, she had me.  She's at her best on the edges, and boy does she have a lot of edges. She...
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Thursday, October 09, 2014

The Onion nails it exactly

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oh the horror of how spot-on this is... I’m Sorry, But You’re Just Not The Man I Hoped You Would Become When We Got Married Today, it’s...
Monday, July 21, 2014

Here's to good women

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May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them. -- Seen out and about. What a perfect prayer.
Monday, July 07, 2014

Therapy

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I've sought out counseling maybe a handful of times in my life.  Usually, it only lasts about three sessions, when I can tell that the t...
Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Ego Refinement

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A very wise friend talked with me about the dichotomy of ego. In the negative, we identify with our work and the things we DO.  We assume ...

Connection Paradox

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Something that I've been turning over in my little brain for a while now... I believe meaning in this life is all about connection.  I...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Rilke - I live my life in widening circles...

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Joanna Macy reads her translation of Rilke's poem from the Book of Hours : I live my life in widening circles that reach out across ...

Fierce Leadership - Susan Scott

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http://www.fierceinc.com/leadership-books An Excerpt: “Congratulations. You are a leader. It’s a heavy load, but someone has to do it. ...
Thursday, June 05, 2014

THE SIMPLE TRUTH (poem) by Philip Levine

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I bought a dollar and a half’s worth of small red potatoes, took them home, boiled them in their jackets and ate them for dinner with a litt...
Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Just keep being

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A wise thought from my brain today, wise in the way that seemingly obtuse statements are actually pretty deep: Be in the relationship you ...
Monday, June 02, 2014

Chaos (poem) by V.B. Price

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The space-flinging, time-singing unborn Goddess First-Of-All, Chaos the Free: She casts the stars, the comets, moons, the dust of light...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

True, terrifying, and so embarrassing...

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"Your body keeps an accurate journal regardless of what you write down" 
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