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New year's resolutions are usually abandoned by February. Gym owners and Weight Watchers meetings know this. There is another way to think about a new beginning. As we are taught the basics of meditation practice, whenever we find ourselves drifting ...
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I'm still swimming without a wetsuit in Lake Washington, even into October because it is so warm. The air is full of smoke so this morning I won't meet a friend at the water's edge. Maybe tomorrow. We say that ...
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As I learn of the shootings in Texas, and the murders in Buffalo last week, and in every week of this year, I am yet again dumbstruck! I feel an ocean of tears and compassion for so many who have ...
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On Monday brother number two called to tell me that Dave, our oldest sibling, had died. He suffered from Alzheimer's for several years and had been living in a memory care facility. When I called Dina, his wife, she said ...
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Dearest Thuy Even when the cloud is not there, it continues and snow or rain. It is impossible for the cloud to die. It can become rain or ice, but it cannot become nothing. The cloud does not need to ...
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The last week or so in our Northwest has seen some tumultuous weather; fierce winds, slanting rain and cold. Streets are full of 'lakes' that cars splash through. People hurry along with umbrellas flipping inside out and rain boots and ...
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My daughter was injured and in need of surgery. We live a distance from each other but I went to LA to be with her. Helped her dress, eat, take a shower. I combed her long tangled hair and braided ...
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Last night the moon was brilliant and huge over my little back yard. I have a lavishly planted garden with a large elderberry bush in the center. Last year she yielded pounds of purple/black berries which a friend and I ...
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As we set intentions for the new year, it can be a time for reflection as well. 2020 was surely one of the most challenging and distressing years for many of us. A global pandemic with loss of jobs and ...
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The strangest of times. We are 'sheltering in place', only leaving our homes to buy food and medicine. We are allowed to walk outside while keeping a distance from our fellow humans. We live on Zoom calls and Face Time ...
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