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Monthly Archives: December 2013
A Thousand Words For Reindeer
I am back to thinking of those friends who are facing end-of-life issues, about whom I wrote recently. Now two more in our blog-circle have joined that group, and I have just read about several more of whom I didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Greeks' Six Words For Love, cats, love, love and death, mangled feather wands, Roman Krznaric
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Be It Hereby Resolved
The other day I had an “encounter” with a family member. “Encounter”? Let me be frank and honest. I got slimed. This brought up the usual miserable stuff in me. Bugs Is Concerned This time, however, I am determined to … Continue reading
Completing The Circuit
There are times in our lives when we are pushed to the very edge, right up against it. Wouldn’t it be a fine thing to contemplate “out there,” from “in here,” with this degree of equanimity. I know at least … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, Brené Brown, cats as comfort, compassion, empathy, end of life, illness, lightning, NASA, NOVA, Peter Townsend, shoot the messenger, Sprite (lightning)
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Cabin Fever
After five days of being cooped up in the house. This timid little trickle of sunshine is all we’ve had in five days. This is the outlook. This is how I feel when contemplating the half-mile hike, up hill and … Continue reading
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Lucky
. . . and I do mean lucky. Power’s still on, it’s 12.5 degrees F. outside, and we’re fine. Unlike so many others less fortunate — about 30,000 lost power, I heard. Here’s Barney, at peace with himself in a … Continue reading
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Waiting . . . .
. . . for an incongruously early winter storm to hit. These days the weather is weird. You may have seen your own manifestation of that, where you live. Here, we’ve had a series of weather catastrophes over the years. … Continue reading
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