Good morning Rocky mountains. Good morning joyful birds. Good morning dear friends. Good morning from Peace Ranch in Colorado. There is a lovely ridge of mountains surrounding me as I sit outside under the canopy of blue sky. My friend Shelley is drinking her second cup of espresso while staring sleepily out at the breathtaking view. […]
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As I am thinking of this question, a line from “Dr. Zhivago” comes to mind. Dr. Zhivago is a dreamer, a peaceful man who is being destroyed by the war around him. He says to Lara at one point: “I just want to live”. This desire has joined the “important” group in my list. It is in company with:
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ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – 36X36 – ACRYLIC ON BOARD I have done creative things all my life, but never knew I could do visual arts until I turned 40. In my youth, I wrote a lot of prose. Nothing was organized or focused. I was always drawn to artists. My best friends were very right-brained. Julia Cameron refers to
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How do we get introduced to ourselves? How do we identify the gifts in us that make us who we really are? We try very hard to stuff ourselves into places where there is no fit. Often we do this to make someone else happy. In John Bunyan’s book – “Pilgrim’s Progress”- the traveler leaves his
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A journey of a thousand steps is taken one step at a time. By the time you reach the ocean, you can be in really good shape and also, very tired. You can’t walk over the ocean, you have to either swim, or get a boat. I personally want to find a good boat, as
It is morning. the sun is up. The birds outside my window are having a party. It is going to be a lovely day. My routine is to get up, go down the stairs and drink a cup of coffee on the little patio outside. It’s a soft place to land while contemplating the day.
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Another sweet moment in Nairn……I have come to Mosh’s Café in the mornings here to connect with wifi and drink coffee. Mosh’s is located on Main Street in Nairn. It’s a pleasant walk in the morning. Eline, the woman who works here, is friendly and sweet and has a cool accent. I have observed Scottish accents
This morning, while wandering around the little town of Portree, I found a lovely (wee) path, which led into a stone, fenced churchyard. The yard itself was overgrown and run down. There was one enormous tree in the center of that quiet space which sang a melancholy, ancient song to all the graves, which randomly populated the
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It is nearly 9:00. I am sitting outside a little bakery with a cup of coffee and morning school traffic straggling by. There are so many people in this world and so many stories which are written already. I would like to read them. This morning, there are lots of people, all going somewhere, all thoroughly
