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Awareness: An Epiphany

Posted on January 5, 2015 by fragmentsandthoughts

5 Jan 14 Awareness: An Epiphany – Lesson 2, A Course in Miracles In my childhood home our non perishables were kept in a tall metal cupboard on a small landing three steps down from our galley-sized kitchen, the mud … Continue reading →

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Nothing I See Means Anything

Posted on January 4, 2015 by fragmentsandthoughts

4 Jan 15 I signed up for a year long course, A Course in Miracles. The music intrigued me. It’s not surprising the universe would capture my attention in that way. I listen to music selected for its power to … Continue reading →

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Choosing Words The Resolution

Posted on January 1, 2015 by fragmentsandthoughts

1 Jan 15 The intention to choose words with all its hopes, dreams and core desired feelings meant to actually be, do, feel, reflect and write Active, to become a better, more purposeful life participant, an observant writer, a documenter, … Continue reading →

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Snow Fall

Posted on December 29, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

29 Dec 14 After a green Christmas with temperatures in the high fifties, it’s snowing, the slow peaceful kind. Large, lazy flakes silently, steadily, gather. A quiet congregation has begun to accumulate on the mulched raised gardens, on the brown … Continue reading →

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Christmas Dinner

Posted on December 24, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

24 Dec 14 Christmas Dinner The food preparation’s begun. All is calm. Shane’s favorite, rutabaga, or “rootamoose” as my mother-in-law used to called it, simmers in chicken broth and diced potatoes. The twice-baked mashed potatoes, dark skins greased butter shiny, … Continue reading →

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The Hawk

Posted on December 23, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

23 Dec 14 The hawk, a feathered drone, swooped in a banked arc from behind the evergreen, a low swift glide dark against the side lawn, to once again drive a bird into the trees’ reflection. The small flock of … Continue reading →

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The Pin Oak Leaf

Posted on December 22, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

22 Dec 14 A single tan pin oak leaf hangs on the tree. It twists and turns in the sun, shivers in the chilly breeze, the rain, and has weathered two heavy snow storms. I wonder, if like me, it … Continue reading →

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Dawn

Posted on December 4, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

5 December 14 I searched the Internet and Naturalist field guides to find names for the colors dawn paints the morning, the shades of deep orange and pink that shade the sky behind the bare tree branches, hues that turn … Continue reading →

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Cernunnos: Singing Over the Bones

Posted on November 13, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

13 Nov 14, Dad’s 95th birthday. Flakes randomly fall and drift between the pin oak’s remaining leaves. That orange-red’s a muted contrast against the overcast sky. Gray lake effect, the white stag has edged out of the Arctic. The weathermen … Continue reading →

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Late Summer

Posted on August 27, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

27 Aug 14 The goldenrod sways in the late August breeze like a metronome. The wind rustled leaves sound like moving water. Elvis eats some tall grass by the patio’s ceramic planter while Ava roams the backyard, her grizzled nose … Continue reading →

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