Category: Dailies

I’m recognizing that all these things I have seen, experienced, and celebrated are going to take their sweet time tumbling around inside me before they decide the which idea is most in need of expression. In the meantime, I’ll try not to walk into too many walls… and take a lot of naps… and dream […]

I hope you stayed inside today, out of the polluted air. Worrying for friends far and near… smoke is not good for forests or other living things. Ann I’m posting here the times for the risings and settings of the Sun and Moon for where I live (Sunbury PA, USA). This is a good thing […]

Seatmates are a game of chance. I won! Here’s to giggles and Peace! Ann I’m posting here the times for the risings and settings of the Sun and Moon for where I live (Sunbury PA, USA). This is a good thing to know about our day. TimeandDate.com/astronomy is one resource for looking up your own […]

At this age, retirement notwithstanding, you don’t often get these — or you don’t often take these — long days and extravagantly waste them in Cousinly Company. Why not. There are sweet reminders of family similarities and differences  Ann I’m posting here the times for the risings and settings of the Sun and Moon for […]

There is a shift I feel from this gathering. My life is extraordinary. At the same time, my awareness that life has edges is edging its way forward. Nothing huge or frightening, simply a recognition of an “is-ness” of Life and my role as this Family ebbs and flows. “To Life, to Life: L’Chaim.”  Ann […]

Here in this place of Deep Peace – where I am reminded how lucky I am to be alive – I’ve been remembering all the sweetness in my Life. There is space to Remember. To Mourn. To Celebrate. To Pause. Because Life is Beautiful. Inspiring. Unnerving. Did I say Life? I think I meant Peace… […]

It has been such a weird thing. Often this month, I’ve written my 14 lines and realized that that what I wrote about a month ago applies in some odd way. A month ago, I started my extra words with this line. Emily Dickenson wrote “Because I could not stop for Death, Death kindly stopped […]

I’m not sure I realized that growing older was going to provide so many challenges that would be Land-based… until we’re in it, I’m not certain we can understand the challenges… but here I am.  Ann I’m posting here the times for the risings and settings of the Sun and Moon for where I live […]

It’s amazing how, in such a short time, your heart can learn the beat and the call of other landscapes. I think the West spoke to me about different possibilities for living with in harmony with the Spirit(s?) of the land… even as I know that is not my land. Ann I’m posting here the […]

Last month on the 9th, my response to the Road was so similar. Here are those words slightly altered to fit: And the road just kept unrolling like a ribbon in front of us. Marilyn and I found ourselves smiling, but Silent. The Beauty astounds, comforts and invites. Gratitude overwhelms… It is important to be […]