Category Archives: Creativity

Seeing is believing?

The gorgeous near-full moon (or is it full?) illuminated the early-morning sky as well as the D&L trail outside my window. This picture captured red-dot reflections close to the moon’s aura and even further away in spots that appear to … Continue reading

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How do you feel freedom?

When I was younger, I naturally carried a sense of freedom with me.  I was relatively carefree, allowing the beauty of the moment to infuse my being. Like Mama Duck’s offspring, I felt taken care of, protected and almost invincible.  … Continue reading

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You can’t share what you don’t have

Happy New Year – 2022! As a New Year unfolds, I realize (again) an inner desire to share. I also realize if I want to share love, joy, peace, happiness and contentedness, I have to have and BE all of … Continue reading

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Wouldn’t it be nice?

Wouldn’t it be nice if… …we could enjoy what brings a smile to our hearts everyday? …we could hear what others really mean between the words of what they actually say? …we accepted others (especially our significant others) for who … Continue reading

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Accepting Certainty of Uncertainty

     The 1960’s TV sitcom Gilligan’s Island popped into my head today as I’m reading an article in the Jan/Feb edition of The Holy Encounter, a bi-monthly publication put out by the Miracle Distribution Center. The fictional crew and passengers … Continue reading

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A Divine Role

My mother, though 86 years of age, still plays her divine role to teach her children. My mother’s memory and recollection is not what it used to be.  I reminded her of my sister’s birthday on the 6th but she … Continue reading

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Happy New Day!

Today many people start with high hopes, resolutions and goals.  We look forward to a future we want to create – with less weight, more patience, more exercise, less procrastination.  We believe the list of fewer “bad” and more “good” … Continue reading

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Nature’s Lesson

This morning’s foggy start in Tioga finally provided cooler temps, making it pleasant   for a bike ride on the Lamb’s Creek trail. Not even a mile into the 8-mile round trip journey, this velvet-horned buck and his family posed for … Continue reading

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What’s your best characteristic?

Character  “…moral strength; self-discipline, fortitude, etc…” (Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition) Martin Luther King had it right.  True education goes beyond the books. Being rational, reasonable and able to think critically and analytically all factor into one’s character.  … Continue reading

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What does it mean to live simply?

What does it mean to ‘live simply’?  Strange enough, I think we know what it DOESN’T mean more than we do what it does mean. For me, it doesn’t mean going shopping for things I don’t really need.  It doesn’t … Continue reading

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