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Synesthesia, synchronicity and poppies
My apologies to Amanda Witt: I hope this post doesn’t cause her or anyone else too much pain. Literally… Monday morning I was listening to NPR when I heard a story on synesthesia that fascinated me....
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Living in the moment
When the camera arrived, a few weeks ago, I ran down the street the following morning to record the dogwood blossoms. These native flowering trees are one of my favorite signs of Northwest spring. But...
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Alas, poor Yorick…the gorilla
I imagined this skull at the zoo outside the gorilla cage was a prop for a Shakespearean play, awaiting the performance of a simian Hamlet.
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Mother’s Day indulgences
My Mother’s Day indulgences included oatmeal scones with loganberry jam. The scones are a new recipe I created, using soy butter instead of butter, and adding wheat germ and rice bran for extra...
View ArticleProgressive marathons, 5Ks and happiness
Progressive marathon While planning my trip to BlogHer, I considered running the 5K and participating in the progressive marathon in San Francisco on July 31. What is a progressive marathon?...
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Nostalgic for nostalgia or not: connecting the dots from the toy box to the...
nostalgia: a bittersweet longing for things, persons or situations of the past. [American Heritage] Elizabeth Grigg described her experience at the U2 concert we attended last month [ my post]. Now,...
View ArticleWhat we can capture with words
The simplest things are the most difficult for us to capture in words. Love. Beauty. Truth. Quality. Honor. Time. Faith. Not long after we begin an attempt to capture the meaning of these foundational...
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Empowering creativity: a hit record(ing) from Dave Winer
Dave Winer is a musician. Sure, he sings. But I’m using the term musician because it’s the best way I can find to describe how his words resonate and inspire. Like any musician – or any blogger or...
View ArticleThe secret lives of our bodies
We draw lines inside ourselves and don’t realize it. Or maybe we do. Perhaps we are gnostics, separating our bodies from our souls, disregarding and dismissing the discomforts. Or we were taught that...
View ArticleBlank space and Big Paper
One of the activities that has occupied me in the past week since I last posted has been re-organizing my files. Usually I move one year’s worth of account papers into storage whenever we receive our...
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