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Reflection
Winter, for those of us living in the North Country with below zero temperatures, is an invitation to cozy up by the fire, have a cup of tea with a friend, and sink into reverie. I cherish this season as … Continue reading →
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Tagged community, energy, family, inner child, listening, love, meditation, personal growth, Self, self exploration
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Curious
The mind is a curious thing. It can be both literal and figurative. The other night I saw the Broadway hit, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, with Alex Sharp starring … Continue reading →
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Horsing Around With Gratitude
I’m unabashedly in love with my three Morgan horses. I raised two of them from birth. After they were born I sat in the stall with their mother and rubbed them over every inch of their body except where they … Continue reading →
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Tagged caring, inner child, listening, love, nature, synchronicity
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How Do We Find Our Passion?
My mother was a passionate person who also admired passion in others. I used to worry that I was not passionate enough, or didn’t have the “right passions.” I’ve come to see that it’s … Continue reading →
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Tagged abundance, gifts, listening, nature, personal growth, self exploration
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Finding Our Primary Colors
If you we re to describe yourself in three words what would they be? Asked another way, if you saw the words as your “primary colors”– the yellow, red or blue in you – … Continue reading →
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The Sound of Blue
I heard my good friend and jazz saxophonist, Paul Winter, play last Saturday at a benefit concert in southern Vermont. His lyrical music reflected the same vibrant blue of his shirt, reminding me of a … Continue reading →
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The Rewards of Labor in Beauty
Have you ever been so moved by beauty that you cried? That’s what happened to me on Labor Day, (a day celebrated in the U.S.) when Paul and I took a bike ride around Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park. … Continue reading →
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Tagged energy, listening, love, nature, Paul, personal growth, self exploration, synchronicity
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The Call Of Silence
How often do you experience the absence of sound? I don’t mean white noise, which is fairly common in doctors’ offices, or from traffic, television, radio, or even the wind, but actual silence, where you don’t hear anything.
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Filling In
My mother’s side of the family came together this past weekend, for the first time ever. There were some whose names had never before passed our lips. We stayed on our island in Maine, which has become a summer gathering … Continue reading →
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Dreaming the Whole
Dreams are fun to play with. They often provide me with valuable insights. I use a technique adopted from Carl Jung and Fritz Perls for understanding them, where I play with various parts of the dream in first person. In … Continue reading →
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