Ok let me preface this by addressing the vegans and folks who don't eat animal products. I ask that you just hear me out and read what I have here. I respect your lifestyle choice and I'm not criticizing or condemning it. I'm not a nutritionist …
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One of my many "labels" is OCD. For many who deal with this disorder their compulsions are checking and rechecking doors, washing their hands and a myriad of other things. For me, it's cleaning. Cleaning is the one thing I can do when I am seized with anxiety, depres …
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Clinical trials help make safe medical breakthroughs. There is risk involved for volunteers. I know. I am one of them. One Board of Directors I sit on is at a local research university medical center. As a research institution, they do a lot of clinical trials. Where I fit their …
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Tomorrow marks a year since our dear boy Sam had to get free of his weary body and I tell you, some days the wound is as fresh as the day. Lately I've begun to "see him" a lot in my minds eye. He's not old and tired but a glossy, cheerful young pup and it's usually w …
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I am in the process of VERY SLOWLY revisiting writings of my past, ALOT of stuff. I came across a couple of poems that I wrote back in the 80′s I think that I felt were worth sharing. As I’ve mentioned before, some of the stuff from my “teenage angst” era …
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On Tuesday I couldn't sit still and stay indoors because it was so gorgeous out so I decided to suffer the consequences (allergies). Grabbed my camera and headed out. It was the peak of the day, not my favorite time for taking pictures (sunrise and sunset) but I was …
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We have a lovely, cool, sunny, blue skied and crisp aired morning here in North Texas. A nice reprieve from the sticky, gray stuff we've been having! The backs of my legs are wickedly sore from deciding to take out our Scott's no-gas push mower to do our entire lawn …
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April 4, 2012 Here is another short story from my “archives” aka the big ass trunk. This black trunk I’ve been carting around for most of my life has steadily been getting heavier each year (kind of like me lol). In it are my journals back from high school and …
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As a young woman I use to write a lot of short stories. In my digging through my trunk of journals to get them on computer using voice recognition software, I have found a couple that are good enough (in my opinion) to share. My being a ponderer, deep thinker, kind o …
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Dare to Hope was asking about my wire trees so hopefully these pics will satisfy her curiosity :-) Threw in a cute pic of Spot and Amber and this mornings "red" sunrise too. One of the pics has a "triple" effect due to the reflection of the light through double pane …
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In 1805 a Boston missionary society requested Red Jacket's permission to proselytize among the Iroquois settlements in northern New York State. Red Jacket's forceful defense of native religion below, caused the representative to refuse the Indian's handshake and announce th …
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Our little point and shoot Canon A580 decided to focus on what we wanted, one of my most favorite sights in nature – dewdrops glistening in the morning sunlight! Captured these in front of my doctor’s office. To show you how cool the Universe is – I …
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A few minutes ago I had one of those moments, those of you who have loved and lost beloved pets will recognize it. I was taking out the morning coffee grounds for my roses (they love caffeine) and as I knelt down to the place where I've been hoping a rose would revive in h …
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I’m looking out of the window next to my desk at a gorgeous, crisp, cool morning. The sky is clear blue, birds are singing enthusiastically and I’m feeling better after a couple of days of low energy and fighting a bladder infection. Bladder infections…just on …
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Just a few pictures I've take the past couple of days with the "bud" theme. Almost overnight my baby trees and my oak tree Yolie have started getting their new dresses on AND my beloved roses are starting to get buds too! Saw a knock-out rose in one of our neighborho …
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Yesterday it was time to take the fur kids to the vet. For our newly adopted, almost 2 year old female rat terrier named Spot and our two 13 year old female cats. We have May who is a rather “robust” Russian Blue and a domestic long hair named Amber.  …
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When I looked out my windows this evening, I noticed there was a lovely gold/amber filter to the sunset. I decided to take some pictures of some of my favorite things in this kind of light. The dawn and sunset light is my favorite to take pictures in - the mid d …
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I found a couple songs I liked this morning and felt they were a fitting way to express my gratitude for the new day. It's gray, wet and chilly out there this morning but it is yet lovely and I am grateful to see it. I was trying to think of something witty to write …
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Where do you go when your own turn on you? Where do you turn when you have none of your own to be there for you? To whom do you go when your own can no longer speak to your needs? The following are chaplaincy case studies that address tending to the pastoral care needs of people …
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This morning I had a kind of personal revelation about what the persuite of happiness means to me: every time you deny a human being the persuite of happiness, you in fact deny them their basic right as a human being! Through out the media, blogs, chats, social media even …
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As the healer of souls Steps into the underworld In quest of totemic visions. The seeker of the cure Walks in the shadow Of an ageless rooster. A trance begins Like a mystical vessel Traveling to another time. …
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We are supposed to get a bit of “weather” the next couple days here in N. Texas so when the sun peeked out like this and looked so lovely I had to grab my camera and capture it. Seeing the sun through the clouds is one of my favorite sites.
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Here are some images I've taken recently. The first batch are from the CROP I recently attended. A CROP is a gathering of crafters, in this case it was mostly scrap bookers (I was the only wire bender), for a weekend. Everybody brings projects, supplies and the …
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This article is dedicated to Kavika who has taught me so much about Native American culture. I hope I do the subject justice. In the 1870's, The United States was still at war with the Native Americans who occupied the land before Europeans ever touched shore.
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I am being introduced to "The Secret", the Law of Attraction and the more I learn and practice it and see that it's true the more I realize that all the passion I keep putting in to be against or anti- things the more I am manifesting what I don't want! The anti-rants mult …
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Hi, Jackie. I was going to send you a FR request when I found you had already sent me one. I'm happy to accept. I'll have to catch up on some of your articles tomorrow.
— HollyKl
It's within our nature as humans to want to reach out with a comforting hand to those who have just experienced loss.
I put this in the holder and ten minutes later there he was, sitting on the tippy top, scouting for breakfast. The bluebird of happiness pooped on my new umbrella!
I watched a man die today. It's really not that unusual in my line of work. I've watched many men and women die. As a nurse for the elderly, death is something I have to deal with often. I deal with it by building a wall, being somewhat unemotional and matter of factual, trying …
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