Category: English
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Cocoon building
“Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is insanity”. I have heard that quote expressed by different people quite often in the last few years. It is an interesting quote that I have kept in the back of my head. Lately it has resonated with me but I have changed the…
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Raindrops
I never know what I will capture through my camera lens, usually pleasure is one of the things that I do catch as I look through the viewfinder. I can see the details of a flower or the surprise of a slug hanging out on the stem of a dandelion in the middle of the…
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The power of a morning routine
I had been feeling untethered for a few weeks. As I roamed the yard and the house I wondered about what would come next in this time of uncertainty. There were very few things I was sure of anymore, I was starting to feel cranky. At the same time I felt grateful that I…
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A look through the camera lens
I feel grateful that I can just grab my camera and step outside to take photos each day. It is the only thing that inspires me lately. I am following the advice of a professional photographer by going out each day with my camera and using the manual settings instead of the automatic ones to…
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The world is on pause
The human world is on pause. However, around me the animals and the insects continue their daily life. Last spring I heard a frog croaking every night, each night in my bed I listened and did not fall asleep until I heard it. This year I have a whole choir of frogs, in fact there…
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Letting go, lessons learned from my dog
As I got home from a somewhat eventful walk with my dog Balto, I realized that my practice of letting go of things that I have no control of, or not thinking about whose fault it is or was, had worked in both our favors. We had left the house around noon, I chose that…
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Chipping away
“The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.” Michelangelo In the last few weeks I have been pondering on how to reach my subconscious and hone my inner voice/intuition/instinct. I feel that mine should work better…
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Contrast
“Old ways won’t open new doors!” “Refresh your relationships and your thoughts.” (Les Brown) The Pacific Northwest is a great place to practice positive thinking and feelings, I heard it rained everyday in January. I am only stating the facts not making any kind of judgement. When the layer of clouds parts to let the sunlight…
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Step by step
As January got on the way I heard that most New Year’s resolutions don’t make it past January 19th. I am way ahead of the game as it is the middle of the month and I am just getting around to deciding what is important to me and what I want to accomplish this year. …
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Knit and purl
Knit, purl, sl1kw, RT,2/2LC, yo, those are some of the codes of knitting. That is the current language of my life right now as I decided in early November that I would knit hats for my two youngest nieces, but that idea grew to add my two daughters, other nieces, nephews and two of my…
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