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February 9, 2017
Thursday, February 9, 2017
“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.” ~ Paulo Coelho, Brida “Life is difficult.” The first sentence in M. Scott Peck’s The Road Less Traveled changed my life when I first read his book in my late twenties. Peck […]
February 8, 2017
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
“What hath night to do with sleep?” ~ John Milton, Paradise Lost Apparently very little, Mr. Milton. I wake before 3am. this morning–for sure this time. I finish my book, and toss and turn for a while until Gerry rouses to take Maya outside around four. He returns to bed, and to sleep. I give […]
February 7, 2017
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
“But now he felt as if the whole world were tipping backwards over his head, and this, he couldn’t help feeling, was a very worrying thing for the world to do.” ~ Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt I wake from a dream–a crazy discombobulated one–and make my way to the ensuite, where my phone […]
February 6, 2017
Monday, February 6, 2017
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” ~ Samuel Smiles Winter has returned with another blast of cold, wind, and snow. I was going to winter sow some lettuce today but put that plan on hold. I need to make a trip into town […]
February 5, 2017
Sunday, February 5, 2017
“A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground.” ~ Victor Hugo, Les Misérables News of the passing of someone I knew many years ago, a lifetime ago, this morning. It seems like there have been so many lately and I suppose that is true. The longer I live the […]
February 4, 2017
Saturday, February 4, 2017
“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.” ~ Anne Frank When I look back at the lives my grandparents, and those who came before them, endured I see hardship and dark times. A closer look reveals a generous measure of community, faith, laughter, and even joy as well. I […]
February 3, 2017
Friday, February 3, 2017
“I judge that the flowers of lavender quilted in a cappe and dayly worn are good for all diseases of the head that come of a cold cause and that they comfort the braine very well.” ~ William Turner, A New Herbal, 1568 I could use some comfort for my brain right now, couldn’t you? […]
February 2, 2017
Thursday, February 2, 2017
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” ~ Albert Einstein I’ve written, and rewritten, my thoughts this morning and now I’ve tucked them away in another place for my eyes only. Sometimes, the best thing to say is nothing at all. Wishing us all a peaceful day of understanding.
February 1, 2017
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
The Prayer of St. Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so […]
January 31, 2017
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
“I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.” ~ Mary Oliver I can hardly write without making reference to the madness there is in the world today and that distresses me greatly. We must not let the voices of hate be louder than those of compassion. Let’s […]
