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A Little Magic
So many days roll through the calendar year. They tick off like they are aboard a powered card shuffler. Sometimes they may appear to be nondescript… And then one comes along that is momentous. You may not think it, feel it, or see it during the moment. It may be through the haze of hindsight that you truly understand its…
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Mulled Cider
It is the last weekend in August. In Texas, that means it’s still plenty steamy. In spite of that, and slightly ahead of schedule, I put out some of my inside autumn decorations. It gives me hope, you see, that cooler temps are just around the corner. Fall is such an interesting time, particularly up north. It’s almost as if…
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Puddle Dancing
It rained yesterday…poured, in fact. The sky that had been a brilliant blue for weeks upon end filled itself up and wept copious tears on the thirsty ground. Of course, after such a long period of drought, and that abrupt of a change, there was flooding. Where I live, thankfully, that didn’t occur. It was simply a matter of umbrellas…
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Focus
There are times when sleep is elusive. I will get an idea, a snippet of a song, a thought for a recipe or maybe attempt to work through a challenge and my mind is determined to figure it out RIGHT NOW. Why this happens in the dark of night is a mystery! 🙂 Last night was one of those times.…
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Dreams
I was thinking about dreams the other day, the different kinds we experience, sleeping dreams, hopes and dreams, daydreams…you know, dreams. There are times when the semi-conscious or sleeping mind can generate such incredibly vivid things. Maybe it’s time to pay attention to what your heart and mind are saying when we aren’t so busy. I started reading an interesting…
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Abiding Time
Beauty in the simple things – Flowers, sky and grass. Hopeful in the daily things, Your guidance all I ask. I turn my heart to you each day And ask to be Your light. Walking in the paths You’ve tread, From morning into night. And now the whispers in the wind Remind my soul of You. I feel Your hand…
