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On SEEING — large and small — near and far

Good Morning, God These few leaves — lit by the early morning sun — caught my eye. So small. Insignificant. But beautiful. Then just a day later, I was out on my front patio at 4:00 a.m. searching the night

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Posted in beauty, connecting, mental maps, Perspective, perspectives, Planets, seeing, taking time to focus, time

On Discovering — I am Bereaved!

Good Morning, God Well, this becoming SOLO after 65 years together — is filled with Surprises! At first I thought I was doing just fine. Actually, after the “waiting”. After the intensity of having to admit / face Kit is

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Posted in Bereaved, connecting, disruption, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, pain, Sorrows of the Deep

A Stream in the Desert — Streams in our Heart

Energy waxes and wanes nowadays. But this Sunday I set off to see the sunrise and kept on walking all the way down to the bottom of our Hidden Valley area. And there is the Wes Miller Park. This has

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Posted in connecting, gifts and giftings, Gifts of the Spirit, God's gifts, Hearing, hearing myself, people as gifts, seeing, Spiritual Gifts

A Slowly Unfolding Series of Surprises

Good Morning, God It is just shy of one year since we moved to Tucson. And just a day or two over six months since I became a surviving spouse. Unless you have become one — there is no way

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Posted in A difficult freedom, a matter of scale, connecting, disappearing routines, Disorientation, Grief, loss, Rituals, Surprises

Planet Free Will

Good Day, GOD I have been in a period of Cleaning Up. And I have finally realized — accepted — that I was not shanghaied or the victim or a bait and switch. I am here on planet earth because

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Posted in A God given diversity, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, Composting, freedom, LOVE, sludge, The Endless Flow of God's Love, the gift of persistent love, Tough Love

This is the Tempter

Good Evening, God The temptations of Christ seem to shed such a clear light on today’s world that I wanted to talk about it. But all the artists who depicted the scene made Satan so obviously untrustworthy — perhaps part

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Posted in asking for and accepting forgiveness, Evil, LOVE, Over come Evil with Good, Repentance, The Endless Flow of God's Love, the gift of persistent love

Florence Nightingale: Upsetter of Men in Charge

Florence Nightingale took on the generals and doctors during the Crimean War of 1853-56 and she said:  “There is not an official who would not burn me like Joan of Arc if he could.” This is the response humans in

Posted in Change Agents, Changing, connecting, mental maps, Power corrupts, The difficulty of changing

Now I can SEE how I FELT

Good Morning God, I came across this photo a few days ago. I had taken it in the Tucson Medical Center, 9/27/24.That was 3 months before Kit died. At that point I was intellectually aware of his destination.But, emotionally, I

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Posted in a hand up, a prayer for healing, connecting, Feeling our feelings, Moving from WE to ME, Thinking and Feeling

I said it — but I didn’t MEAN IT

Good Morning God, Having been married to my Wonderful Husband for 65 years — I did learn a few things that totally surprised me. Some of them were HOW different we were. And every once in a while I discovered

Posted in connecting

Kit’s Safe Landing

Kit hasLanded Safely  🛬 I was going To say On a far shoreBut it isn’t farAfter a bitOf a washAnd polishKit will join That Great CloudOf Witnesses Which somehow Leaves him a lotOf time forOTHER THINGS  And I shake 🫨 My head smiling It is all

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Posted in Beloved Community, family, LOVE, Our Extended Family - all creatures great and small, The Endless Flow of God's Love, The Flow of God's Love, the gift of persistent love

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Brené Brown

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Rachel Naomi Remen

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A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching

Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching