Winter solstice

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This is maybe my very favorite, most hopeful day of the year when the year's light-tide turns. We started the day, lighting only candles...

internal tension

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Semi-permanent state since the pandemic started especially now that I am in a constant state of fear about an unvaccinate-able, unmask-able ...

Easter stories

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What you didn't know about what you already know about Easter Through centuries and across cultures, the holiday's iconic customs ha...

Vive le Difference

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Not many words needed for this week's history of the 1st black female appointed to the Supreme Court.  In its more than 230 years, the S...

concern

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Holy cannoli, tomorrow is already April 1?!? The real reason for April Fool's is the terror induced by the proximity of summer and the m...

time warp

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  There are no words: this is so hard to believe. This blasted pandemic has been the ultimate time-warp. 

food for thought

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  via { twitter }

4 years of wartime

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Abraham Lincoln in 1861 vs 1865 shows a 4 year difference during wartime. It is hard to remain optimistic and grateful as I try to on Sunday...

you are a poet

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  You Are a Poet They Say... You are a poet, they say, we expect you to give us answers you are a poet, they say, explain us everything with...

horsepower of will

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In case you have an impossible task in front of you and needed some internal moral support, these poor horses can relate. Check out the grad...

a meeting of life forces

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This article really tugged at me, as I can relate to polar opposites of Oma's frailty and the vibrancy and softness of my little nugget...

fomo

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I feel this in my very core. Why hello there, therapy. via { the DO Lectures }

frozen over

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I still love winter even if I feel like this sometimes. Is it also freezing where you are?! The power of nature never ceases to take my brea...

ordinary

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A gentle reminder to take a look at ordinary moments on this last day of the new habits month.  Do not ask your children to strive - William...

the mighty Hudson

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Apparently the giant beauty of a river hosts ice sailing, which I have never heard of until now.  This is stunning!  (And oh my, those preci...

returning to children's lit

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I hope you spend some time, reading a good book today that you loved as a kid--Happy Sunday! The Books We Loved as Children Can Comfort Us a...

good reminder

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“The world is increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would w...

still young... future fridays

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This year's New Year felt tired and wimpy, facing yet another pandemic wave, where covid just keeps partying like it is in college.  In ...

zeitgeist of struggle

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To all of us who are feeling the burdens of spinning our wheels in the mud of this pandemic, struggling with the gas pedal of internal motiv...

neurobiological roots of reincarnation... future fridays

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I am not sure why I love these kinds of essays, but I am a total fan whether in short or long form. Oliver Sacks' reflections from 2015...