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Time to Smell the Flowers

2012Mar 16

Daffodils looking into the light of a spring sunny morning.

A stroll through my yard this morning turned into a conversation with my little fecund friends, the Daffodils. I decided to heed their admonition to spend time with them before they're all gone. There's no denying it, Spring is here!

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Reverie

2011Aug 12

Flowers dotted with morning dew being tended to by a busy bee.

Reverie: the state of being pleasantly lost in one's own thoughts.   To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee. One clover, and a bee. And reverie. The reverie alone will do, if bees are few. — Emily Dickinson…

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A Walk in Beauty

2011Jul 14

The poem She Walks in Beauty accompanies photographs of an early morning summer sunrise.

An early morning photography expedition with my hubby left me feeling inspired by the beauty of nature.

I was also reminded of the poem, She Walks in Beauty. "She walks in beauty, like the night; Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright." Oh, that we could all walk in beauty today.

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From Barry to Barack

2009Sep 20

If you doubt the impact that changing a name can have on a life, consider Barack Obama. Yes, it’s true that his given name at birth was Barack. So how, you may ask, did he change his name? When he was a child everyone referred to him as Barry, the same derivative of Barack that his father chose. …

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Living Life in Chapters

2009Jun 16

I have this theory. Our lives are like a good book and we're living it one chapter at a time. There have been some chapters in my life I have really loved! Staying home with my daughter when she was a baby is one. Sure, I walked around smelling like breast milk and at times, felt a bit stir crazy. …

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