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I'm a writer and editor who intends to continue until either my keyboard gives out or my fingers do!

home to the beloved

If we can manage to quiet our minds and listen to that deep and living silence within, we discover that there is guidance available to us whenever we are ready to hear it, from Heart to heart.

23rd Psalm, comfort, discernment, faint of heart, faith, infinite creative spirit, intimate, poetry, powerful, security, shelter, tough, trust, warmth, wellbeing

my own teeth

Not too long ago, I had to have a tooth pulled.  It was a middling-large one at the outer edge … More

adenoids, anaesthetics, appendix, crown, curls, dentist, dimples, dread, Great Depression, inspiration, Novocaine, panic, tonsils, tooth, tumours, veins

spring encounter

On a wet green morning at the cusp of spring….

[photo courtesy Kaarina Dillabough via Visual hunt]

cusp of spring, fat-bellied, intended meal, robin, Spring Equinox

white widow

As she raced down the empty track, Ellen couldn’t help grinning gleefully to herself. She’d actually done it…

career woman, divorce, elderly, fleeing, Lady Bountiful, Rolex, wardrobe, wedding

culling grounds

To me, the fact that snow geese mate for life seems to make it even more unjust that mated pairs are so cruelly separated.

"The Snow Goose", Bambi, checks and balances, culling, global warming, ideals, migratory geese, overpopulation, pests, predation, resident geese, snow geese

32nd anniversary, revisited

“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens when a [person] loves you….”

backyard cats, careworn, glaring, grey, heart, intertwined, pain, persevering love, restraints, saddles, woven

rock music

Hello my friends, I’m sitting at my computer in my basement office, staring up at the window. I live in … More

boulders, desert roses, entropy, escape, getaway, grey-white skies, petrified wood, photons, siren song, snappish, sunshine, vacation

everyday wonders

Just a few of the amazing tasks our bodies perform for us, day in and day out, throughout our lives.

brain, cells, DNA, growth, hair, heart and blood delivery, kidneys, liver, lungs and breath, red blood cells, skin, stomach and digestion

stones

This morning as I sit at my computer, I’ve been thinking (somewhat belatedly, it’s true) about changes I might make … More

body, Daily Practicalities, Mind, spirit

pease porridge and other factoids

England is old and small, and the local folks started running out of places to bury people….

bread, bring home the bacon, canopy bed, dirt poor, family baths, June weddings, piss poor, poison tomatoes, saved by the bell, slippery slate, the wake

New Year’s 2017

Hope smiles….

Counting blessings

cookie monster

In my world, cookies are like potato chips: you simply cannot stop at one.

Christmas Eve, cookie dough, cookies, cornucopia, culinary delights, dislike cooking, explode, genetic anomaly, sweet tooth

Christmas Eve message

Christmas, god bless us, thank you

across the fence

First Day Home…he was just a little boy and could still fit comfortably in people’s arms.

fence, Grown-Up Lyko, guardian angel, Lyko, peeking, prayers, scents, tag

shadows

Blurred shapes creep and shuffle at the outer reaches of her vision, gloating that she cannot turn her head in time to halt their ambush.

cobwebbed, creep, landmarks, Mystery, nightmares, noisome lairs, ritual, second sight, shadows, shuffle

One Truth ☮ Many Songs

Originally posted on Creative by Nature:
  “All major mystical traditions have recognized that there is a paradox at the heart of…

war bride

Did you search your mirror, breathless,
for shining eyes, flushed cheeks, signs this must be, must be love?

Air Force uniform, dreams, hopes, one-way ticket, signs of love, unborn children, velvet ribbon, war-time train, wedding dress

last straw

Over the days and weeks, as he comes and goes in his little car, she excavates the lawn, inch by loving inch.

atwitter, excavate, fishing hat, hanging-basket trees, raincoat, spindly, surgery, very last straw, wellies

let us remember….

They didn’t give you long to live on the Somme. About three months was the average life expectancy, and that time was hell on earth.

brutality, courage, Flanders fields, gentleness, John MacRae, life's blood, nobility, paraplegic, poppies, scars, silence, The Great War

hard battle

Plato was right; we all fight our own hard battles in this life.

abandoned, bipolar, Black Dog, depression, hard battle, hell, inspiration, shadow, unipolar, Winston Churchill

of ostriches and boobies

I’ve  been away from The Crone’s Nest for several weeks now without a word of why or wherefore, and I … More

blue feet, blue-footed booby, brooding, creation, dancing, head-in-the-sand, incentive, ostrich, strutt

the freedom of forgiveness

Forgiveness does not have anything to do with other people; it has everything to do with you.

betrayal, choice, control, expectations, forgiveness, Gary Zukav, hard shell, letting go, self-healing, shedding

something to think about

Comprehension, conciliation and forgiveness are not signs of weakness; they are signs of courage.

coherence, community, consciousness, courage, dynamic, evolving, forgiveness, identity, integrity, nature, society, unity, world

saying goodbye to old friends

If I had banked the money I spent on each of those thousands of books, I’d likely be a multi-millionaire by now.

But oh, how much poorer I would be in every other way!

books, collective wisdom, cull, ebooks, hoarders, keepers, Luddite, precious, purge, recycling, rummage sale, sleepless night

Madame Black Thumb’s bonsai

Madame Black Thumb receives a beautiful live bonsai. Read on…

black thumb, bonsai, green thumb, kiss of death, orchid, philodendron, plant man

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I'm a blogger and writer who intends to continue writing until my keyboard gives out. My first book, a memoir, is finished (and I'm deciding whether or not to publish it or keep it for my family). Meanwhile, there's a second book merrily percolating in my brain.

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