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On the Winds

June 11, 2019

I would let him amble along on a loose rein. The quiet gracefulness of his step, the soft rhythm of his body moving, and his hooves on the earth, lulled me onto a moving meditation. 

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Random Thoughts on Giving and Receiving

December 16, 2018

There is no “reward”, and to look for it is to take one’s sight away from the truer goal of …

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Flowers in the Woods

October 24, 2018

From this vantage point, I know there are two kinds of struggle in life: there is the struggle of birthing …

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Luskentyre

August 30, 2018

She sits, alone on the white sands. The turquoise waters lap upon the shore in their white foamy way. She …

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And Forever Again

July 8, 2018

My love for my  father feels like a warm fire like the morning sun   sounds like misty rain like …

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Misty Morning in May

May 20, 2018

Yesterday, I completed the building and planting of the five gardens that surround the house.  As I sat on the …

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The Song That Is My Friend

April 22, 2018

Last night, I saw Bryan Bowers perform. It was the first time I had seen him since sometime around 1975.  …

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The Sculpture of Spring

March 30, 2018

It was my second Mother’s Day; Kyle was nearly two years old, and we were out shopping as a family. …

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Sunbreak and Moondance

February 2, 2018

Clear, perfect in its fullness, and huge, it rose and worked its magic to completely transform the color of the sky from end-of-day twilight to beginning-of-night twilight.

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Notes From a Getting-Wiser Woman

December 5, 2017

A few evenings ago I went to a talk given by someone whom I have long admired for his writings.  …

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  • Sedona, Oak Creek, October 2001

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Katherine on Listen
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Elizabeth Ann Johnso… on And Forever Again
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