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It has been an unbelievable journaling year for me, thanks to Joy Zimmerman’s terrific idea for 2022 – to design and create our own canvas. I took up the challenge and not only did I thoroughly enjoy myself, but came to realize that this task propelled me to plumb the depths of things
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November is the month we celebrate my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, and while I am not a big fan of holidays in general (except my birthday which I realize is not actually a holiday for most), I am partial to this one as it has escaped (mostly) the commercialization beset upon others, involves wonderful
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Lovely October
You know, I really love October. The quintessential autumn month. Full of crisp chilly mornings that turn into glorious sunny days, the play of swooshing leaves underfoot, visions of yellow, red and orange swirling above in the swaying branches, showing off one last time before winter strips them
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Growing up in Michigan, Labor Day was the cut off for summer and the beginning of the school year. Nowadays that distinction belongs to the month of August, but even after teaching so many years here in Missouri, that lingering memory of stretching summer out til the end of Labor Day Monday, bubbles
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Last year I read a wonderful book called The Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship by Catherine Raven. And although I knew there would be sadness towards the end (there was), the relationship between the fox and the author stood strong against the inevitable cycle of life we are all prey to. One
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Unexpectedly, the completion of my long-awaited Ireland trip laid bare a fault line in the foundation of my identity. Weeks after deplaning, I felt rather wind swept, pieces of my disciplined planned life scattering like fallen leaves. Suddenly my lines of demarcation fell away and I was rendered boundless. For someone
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A 30 year hiatus
Following a 30 year plus hiatus from music, I began studying again in 2008. Since then two women have profoundly influenced and fundamentally changed my life. The transformation from civilian to musician began and continues with Cindy Egger and now also with Riva Capellari.
It has not been quite a year since I started with
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Quote of the DayIt doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice. Deng Xiaoping
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