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Flowers and Photos and My First iPhone

Good Morning, God! I was walking back to my car from shopping when I saw these blossoms! Such colors! And there in my pocket was my new — my FIRST — iPhone! Out it came and with a few clicks

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Posted in being a beginner, blooming, JOY, learning, Redesigning the Church, Sharing

Melting Glaciers: The Case for Living Simply

Good Morning, God! It gives me kind of a creepy feeling to look at this photo of the Jakobshavn Glacier, which is calving icebergs as big as buses — pouring fresh water into the ocean. The reason for the feeling

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Posted in a new view of Commons, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, becoming the change I wish to see, time, Unnoticed Changes

Amazing Wildlife – A Call to Attunement

Good Morning, God! Millions of BATS? Who knew — who could even imagine — that many bats in ONE CAVE! It was Kit that signed me up as a member of the National Wildlife Federation and thus the National Wildlife

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Posted in A God given diversity, a matter of scale, web of life

Rethinking Diabetes — What? Me, A Lemming?

Good Morning, God, Yesterday I was lying around reading an old Discover Magazine when what should I come across but an article by Dan Hurley (himself a Type 1 diabetic) called Child’s Plague. I devoured it! Thank You, God, we

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Posted in accepting my ability to REDESIGN, accepting my authority to set limits, adjusting, courage to see myself, Discernment

A Sunrise and A Chance to Acquire Some Grit

Good Day, God! Phew! This was not my ordinary Sabbath Day! But it was GREAT! Make that, IS GREAT, as the day is only half over. I took part in the Lanikai 8K Run! And except for a minute or

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Posted in a series of molts and upgrades, adoring Easy, gifts and giftings, grit, growing toward up

Enjoying a Waikiki Sunset

Good Morning, God Is it my imagination, or do sunsets last longer than sunrises? The one last night lasted somewhere around 70 photos. I love looking through the lens of a camera. The overall sweep of the scene is marvelous.

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Posted in appreciation, attunement, stopping to see, Sunsets, visible turnings

Mushrooms, Trees and the Web of Life

Good Morning, God! An excerpt from the Omnivores Dilemma caught my eye this morning in Delanceyplace.com. I don’t buy or fix mushrooms very often — and I would NEVER eat a wild mushroom — still, I remember the section about

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Posted in a matter of scale, God wants to nourishes us, Humility or Needing Help!, web of life

Bright Spots — Learning to Look for Them

Good Morning, God! What a lovely way to start the day — hearing high school students from Langley, British Columbia, Canada play their ukuleles at Kit’s Rotary Club. This ensemble comes every year to Hawaii — playing our “State Musical

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Posted in Enjoyment, Fun, JOY, Music, Perspective

A Counterweight to the Other Six Days

Good Day, God! This week, I really FELT the Sabbath Day. It felt as if the Day of Rest was a Counter Balance to the BUSYNESS of the previous six days. I finally felt that the Sabbath Day has WEIGHT

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Posted in A weekly day of rest, accepting my ability to REDESIGN, Nothing as Something

Thine Alabaster Cities Gleam

Good Day, God! Last Friday I heard David Brooks (a conservative columnist) say that America needed a Massive Infrastructure Upgrade. Then, listening to America the Beautiful (verse 4) on the 4th of July I was struck by the image of

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Posted in a hand up, a new view of Commons, Focus on what unites us, generating options, hope, Hope as a gift from God, meaningful work

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chatting and sometimes, listening

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

Victoria Paulsen

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