Tag Archives: Love
So Good To Me
Posted on 03. May, 2010 by Deb.
For the first time in weeks, I stayed up the first time I woke today.
Usually, the animals wake me between 5:30 and 6:30 to remind me that they are in need of food right now. Today, it was 6:05 AM. Instead of feeding everyone, keeping my eyes closed to keep the light out and [...]
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Magnetic Words, Day Three
Posted on 13. Jul, 2009 by Deb.
In the dark last night, I shuffled the magnetic word pile, allowing my fingers to grope and pluck until five words had been chosen.
I held them in my hand. I could feel the heat of the words; it was as if they would burn through my fingers if I didn’t look at them. But I [...]
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The Back Porch
Posted on 21. Jun, 2009 by Deb.
I have reclaimed my back porch. For the first time in four years, there are flowers and herbs for the pure pleasure of having them.
A combination of work and travel and household dynamics led to the almost abandonment of the backyard as a place to be and was a part of the burden of [...]
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The Learning of a Heavenly Virtue
Posted on 08. May, 2009 by Deb.
Early Christian teachings focused on seven deadly, or cardinal, sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. In 410, Prudentius wrote of the battle between these sins and “heavenly virtues” in his epic Psychomachia. The Roman Catholic Church officially recognized the virtues in positive contrast to the sins. These virtues are: chastity, temperance, charity, [...]
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Everything
Posted on 05. May, 2009 by Deb.
Some days, we have everything in our minds yet struggle to get the thoughts to flow from our minds onto the paper. It isn’t that it is a bad day, indeed it is often when I am clearest days I feel least able to write. Those who really know me, would say that it is [...]
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…and a Very Nice Sunday
Posted on 26. Apr, 2009 by Deb.
As I was putting another load of laundry on to wash, I realized something: today has been a wonderful day. It isn’t that I’ve done something extraordinary, but the day-t0-day activities have been, in reflection, special in their own right.
I was able to sleep in a little, fix some coffee and mediate.
Spent some quality time [...]
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Girlie Shopping
Posted on 23. Apr, 2009 by Deb.
One of my favorite quirky little card shops is the world of Curly Girl Designs:
I discovered Curly Girl Designs at my old salon and fell in love. The cards grace my desk as inspirational words. They make their way from my desk into the mailboxes of my girlfriends. The calendar hangs on [...]
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About True Friends
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Deb.
Though Facebook hasn’t brought much to my life beyond Scrabble and a reminder of how petty junior high was, it has been the vehicle for connecting with a couple of folks from my past that has been very positive. Like Miss J, who met me for lunch today. This is the second time we’ve gotten [...]
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Carryovers from Lent
Posted on 05. Apr, 2009 by Deb.
As of today, Palm Sunday, we are only a short seven days away from the end of Lent. You won’t find me gorging on sweets like many do once Easter is here, as I had chosen to not “give up” anything in Lenten sacrifice, but instead to grow myself spiritually (and improve my self-discipline) by [...]
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I *Heart* This Little Song
Posted on 04. Apr, 2009 by Deb.
I loved the album that Jessica Harp and Michelle Branch put together as they formed the country/folk duo “The Wreckers”. Stand Still, Look Pretty, in it’s entirety, is one on almost every play list my little IPod has. It’s funny, there are usually songs on an album that you tend to skip, but [...]
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Ghosts of Relationships Past
Posted on 12. Nov, 2008 by Deb.
Maybe it’s the full moon, but for some reason, old friends are coming back into my life in the last couple of weeks. Not just old friends, but old colleagues I haven’t heard from in ages and, well, old lovers if I were to be downright honest. Which, in this space, I want to be [...]