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Standing in the Midst of Life

From Rilke’s wonderful book Letters to a Young Poet. [Post image: Starry night by magicmarie on stock.xchng]

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Freebies

Art?  Books?  Free downloads?  What more could you want?  These will keep you happily sated all weekend…and beyond. Google’s online Art Project is a fabulous treasure box of panoramic photo tours of 17 major museums around the world.  Grab a latte (or beer) and enjoy.  Invite family, friends.  If you can’t travel, this is the […]

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Killing Ants

From Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness & Open Your Heart by Patricia Donegan. Donegan assesses this in light of the topic of honesty. How can you be honest with yourself today?  Gently, slowly, so that you won’t break into a thousand pieces? [Post image: Spring work by xvost on stock.xchng]

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Grandma’s Bag of Tricks

I found this fantastic book, which I’ve been perusing in the evenings.  On the cover, it reads “Grandma’s Bag of Tricks,” but I’m going to steal them from Grandma.  The book is Sharon Lovejoy’s Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars.  Firefly Lanterns!  Worm Hotel!  Pizza Box Solar Oven!  Faerie Houses!  Memory Boxes!  Peek-a-Boo Planters! I got […]

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Dilemma

Question for the day: Why is it that we care less about the people farther away from us than those closer to us? An old episode of Twilight Zone, to illustrate.  I’m taking this verbatim from David Eagleman’s new book Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, which is great, by the way. We all […]

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