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Thinking My Own Thoughts

An afternoon sitting next to the pond, watching dragonflies skim the water. Two days of retreat. No cell phone, no Wi-Fi. Just a little gunfire.

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Note To Self: Listen

I catch myself not listening to a speaker’s words, but her intent. Am I listening? Or have I been seduced by subtext?

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Observing Nature: The Turkey Strategy

Observing Nature: The Turkey Strategy

It is a cooler than normal September afternoon, and the dogs and I have dashed through fields, led by the myriad smells that propel them toward the hen four feet in front of us.

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Note To Self: Read Poetry

Note To Self: Read Poetry

At some point I not only stopped writing poems, I stopped reading poems. I went off poetry altogether, much as one “goes off” ice cream or alcohol.

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Lifting My Heart, Staying Present

Lifting My Heart, Staying Present

Throughout the day, this one movement – lifting of the heart – helps me open, intellectually and emotionally.

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Company: Six Months Where The Wild Things Are

Company: Six Months Where The Wild Things Are

I am scared about what could have happened. This evening I feel the proximity of the wilderness. I hold this thought. I accept it.

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Thirteen Chickens and A Routine Called Life

Thirteen Chickens and A Routine Called Life

The Yoga of Rhode Island Reds

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The Question of Angels, Redux

The Question of Angels, Redux

I’m just a woman who thinks that Angels exist but who is not comfortable with this thought.

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The Question of Angels

The Question of Angels

This has nothing to do with scholarship or claims of theological or biblical knowledge. It’s about the gut reaction a certain type of Being instills in me.

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