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Image Locale When I am liberated by silence, when I am no longer involved in the measurement of life, but in the living of it, I can discover a form of prayer in which there is effectively no distraction. My whole life becomes a prayer. My whole silence is full of prayer. The world of [...]

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Misty Morning

I forget that I twitter and even though I lost my twitter virginity awhile ago, I’ve never officially posted a tweet, it’s always been about blogging. So here goes… After a couple of days of uncharacteristic summery warm and sunny weather, I find it a comfort to wake up to a cool, gray and misty [...]

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I Want

In honor of Earth Day, it just had to be Mary Oliver that I would select, who reflects here on the foundation of Earth Day, being in partnership with our Earth I want to be in partnership with the universe like the tiger lily poking up its gorgeous head among the so-called useless weeds in [...]

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That Day

It’s gotten to the point that I quiver a little when I know I’m opening a package from Amazon.com that contains a new book of poems.  Have I told you all lately how much I love poetry?  I adore it.  It is one of life’s essentials.  That along with water, chocolate, music and oh yes, [...]

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When They Sleep

I’m usually not in the business of pilfering poems.  I like to find my own that resonate with me to post here; yet I’ve shamelessly swiped this one from Panhala because it so spoke to me – such a softness and a gentle yielding in this poem.  You can join Panhala at panhala@yahoogroups.com, if you [...]

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These Days

Image Locale whatever you have to say, leave the roots on, let them dangle And the dirt Just to make clear where they come from ~Charles Olson~ Excerpted from The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology

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Here’s To The Crazy Ones

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the [...]

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Easter Miracle

As your resident purveyor of feel good news on the planet :) – I found this today: By Chris Umpierre, The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — A tragedy thankfully didn’t turn into a disaster Sunday when a passenger successfully landed a small airplane at Southwest Florida International Airport after the pilot had [...]

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Look, it cannot be seen — it is beyond form. Listen, it cannot be heard — it is beyond sound. Grasp, it cannot be held — it is intangible. These three are indefinable; Therefore they are joined in one. From above it is not bright; From below it is not dark: An unbroken thread beyond [...]

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Shout

Shout, shout, let it all out…. What a great song that was from Tears for Fears.  The next line is: these are the things I can do without, come on, I’m talking to you, come on. I’m changing it to: shout, shout, let it all out, these are the things I *can’t* do without, come [...]

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