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the lessons of pain…
I’ve been absent from blogging for a couple of weeks. Sometimes Life just needs to act itself out. And then suddenly everything jumps back in its own box and things are a bit controlled again. Sort of. I’ve been seeing a new man. A physical therapist. After over a year of undiagnosed difficulties in my…
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i am an immigrant…
I am from a lineage of immigrants. My paternal Grandfather migrated from Italy to the USA, early in the 1900’s. I have seen his name etched into the wall of names at Ellis Island. My maternal Great Great Grandparents migrated from Germany. My husband’s Great Grandparents also came from Germany. My husband and I migrated to Australia…
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the outer kingdom and inner dominion…
It seems a month or so ago when I wrote there was change in the wind, I was correct. The change in the wind has not altogether been the weather. True, we have had an extended winter/spring, but the changes were also born from inner need, and a rash decision… Our weather here in Alice has been like no…
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the opposite of darkness…
Recently I read a blog post about that time of the day when the sun has dipped below the horizon, but it is not quite dark yet. ‘What is that called?’ the author asked the fellowship who follow her blog. ‘Twilight’ my mind thought softly, and I noticed others said the same. Twilight. Ephemeral word and… state of being…
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finding beauty…
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. -Thomas Merton Some things are happening. Inside. As of yet, the outcome is not evident, but I know when things are…
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it’s not over til it’s over…
Recently I read a blog that retold an old Zen story. The story goes that an old farmer had a series of incidents in his life, each one seeming either very bad, or very good. After each one, his friends either commiserated with him or congratulated him, and each time his response was the same……
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a pause for thought…
There are many things in the world, which I do not understand. And the older I get, the more I realise there are more things that I don’t understand, than that I do understand. And yet, I know I am wiser than ever before in my life. It is not normal for me to be…
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the gold and the ring…
I have just successfully completed the final hurdle in the track and field event that was the transferring of our internet account to the new National Broadband Network. I think. To be perfectly honest, it has been a tedious week at times, but at the moment I am standing on the dais accepting my gold medal for…
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pearls of synchronicity…
You have probably heard the expression ‘pearls of wisdom’, and to some degree that befits this story. However it is even more than that. It is a story about paying attention to our commitments, the feelings of others, and being in the moment. We had a visit with Mum in March, tho we have just returned a…
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…connections, the gifts we give to ourselves
I have been thinking about connections. Specifically, connections with people, as well as whatever else sustains us in our lives. These are the true gifts we give to ourselves. What started my thought processes ticking over was a passage from a book I’m still reading called ‘Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life’ by Barbara Kingsolver.…
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