We’re Made to Dance: Let’s Do It!
May 24, 2025
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We’re Made to Dance: Let’s Do It! It’s been a recent aim of mine to get up from the computer more, move around, juggle, dance,
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Savouring Ceremony: Celebrating the Dark Days
December 5, 2024
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Savouring Ceremony: Celebrating the Dark Days. Once again the turning of the wheel of the year has brought us close to the darkest days of
Moving From Joy to Joy to Joy Lifts Me Up
October 22, 2021
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After several days of deluging rain, the sun and blue sky and pink clouds have returned and I notice that moving from Joy to Joy
Finding Joy in the Ordinary is Magical
September 10, 2021
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“Finding joy in the ordinary is magical” is actually an understatement. I am an Enneagram Type 7 and a curse of this Type is to always be
Sprinkle Joy Whenever You Can, Inside and Out
October 13, 2020
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“Sprinkle joy whenever you can, inside and out.” I love the word sprinkle…it evokes summer days in Oklahoma, playing and cooling ourselves in the garden sprinkler,
Reading Aloud Together
January 17, 2019
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Some time ago Mike and I started reading aloud together. Our lives and interests, as we’ve aged, had changed significantly and sufficiently that it seemed
Age is just a number
July 4, 2018
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Age is just a number and aging is a huge opportunity! It’s been said that we are only as old and we feel. This sweet Chinese
Searching for Benevolence
September 4, 2017
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I often find myself wondering about the deep nature of reality, and ultimately searching for benevolence, I could even say longing for it. Musing further on
Stubborn in Our Gladness
March 1, 2016
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The world we live in, Life itself, is full of suffering — and of joy. ‘Twas ever thus. There has never been, and likely never will
Loving the Mystery
February 12, 2016
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It’s mid February, and Love comes to mind, and heart! Happy Valentine’s Day 🙂 And if you’re not big on that commercialized holiday, then I’d
What about Joy?
February 1, 2016
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Joy is quite a topic…Is it an emotion, a main goal of a happy life? Is it the opposite of despair? Do you (does one) yearn for it, go
Surprised and Touched
December 17, 2015
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It was an ordinary grey morning, typical December in Vancouver. I was at the breakfast table, looking out the window at the red beech, now
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