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I’m sitting at my kitchen table on the first day of the new daylight savings time. I must admit, I like the “fall backward” time change, which is much more appealing on day 1, but I am looking forward to tomorrow’s after work increased daylight to exercise outdoors and work in the garden.  But today, […]

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Year of the Wood Dragon

I’m turning 72 in a few days.  Year of the Dragon.  I was born in 1952, year of the Water Dragon.  In 2024, it’s the year of the Wood Dragon.  From what I have superficially read, the Wood Dragon symbolizes a rebirth within.  Apparently, the Wood Dragon is very creative and curious, full of original […]

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The Perfect Winter Solstice Poem

    TO KNOW THE DARK To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight, and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings. –Wendell Berry

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I live in the Pacific NW and while beautiful and full of natural landscapes to bask in, some find the winters difficult with gray and wet skies, especially in these months of shortened daylight hours.  Approximately 5% of folks struggle with the impacts of seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, and it is more frequent in […]

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Quotes of Import

I often am struck by words and quotes that move me, change me, remind me of a meaningful value, or even provide direction in my life.  In these current times of meaningless and often harmful and negative drivel in our media saturated culture, I’m reminded of simpler times, simple truisms, and people who speak with […]

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May Musings

It’s May and the month is full of celebrations.  Cinco de Mayo (May 5),  Mother’s Day (May 14), Memorial Day (May 29) are the familiar ones to us.  But perhaps you have not heard of International No Diet Day (May 6), Fair Trade Day (May 13), National Apple Pie Day (May 13), International Peace and […]

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Pick a Nudge Word

I know it is popular to start the new year with resolutions with the hope of making a change in habits or life or something for the better.  It seems like it has become less useful and meaningful to many, and it caught my attention when a friend of mine sent me something from the […]

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Imagine this…….

I often think of this John Lennon song, “Imagine”.  It encapsulates for me the dream and the possibility of each human being on this planet finding good health, adequate shelter/food/water, safety in one’s home/country/life, safe havens for all, peaceful resolutions of grievances, and a world where we treat each other and mother earth and all […]

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