Category Archives: Wonderings

Free My Feet!

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Touch2Touch

  Viewpoint:  my feet,  from the podiatrist’s chair. After supporting me so faithfully for so many decades, the right and the left ones both show signs of wear and tear. Like my old Subaru, they need regular maintenance, and then some. … Continue reading →

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Fear Not!

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Touch2Touch

Yesterday the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico netted a cool $44.4 million at auction for one of their masterpieces, O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed. That more than doubled the amount ever paid for a work by a female artist, and … Continue reading →

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Today’s Portrait: FIREFIGHTER

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Touch2Touch

No, today’s portrait isn’t a flower! It’s occurred to me that other objects besides flowers can emanate presence and personality. Can demonstrate QUIDDITAS, the quality that Aristotle meant when he wrote of “thatness,” or “whatness,” or “what it is.” When I was painting … Continue reading →

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All Shall be Well —

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Touch2Touch

It’s a story that should begin, “Once upon a time.” It has that ageless storytale quality. Once upon a time there was a woman who was born on the 8th November 1342 (and how do we know that so definitively?), … Continue reading →

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Tout Comprendre, C’est Tout Pardonner —

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Touch2Touch

or in English, To understand everything, is to forgive everything. It happened like this. I was brushing my teeth this morning when this proverbial phrase flew into my head (don’t ask) and stuck there.  And stayed there. Hmmm, I kept … Continue reading →

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“The Hurrier I Go—“

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Touch2Touch

“The behinder I get!” Which is what’s happened to me as the summer’s whooshed out, autumn’s rushing in, and all the undone things of the last lazy months are tumbling down around my head. Result? Blog posts at the pace … Continue reading →

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Bus Your Coffee Cup?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Touch2Touch

No, this isn’t a bus stop! When you’re at Rao’s in Thorne’s Marketplace in downtown Northampton, you’re already where you want to be. The coffee’s strong, the tea comes from an excellent assortment, the sandwiches are fresh and tasty, and … Continue reading →

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Of Dragons, Tears, and Renewal

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Touch2Touch

This particular dragon isn’t tearful,  but believe it or not, some are. To discover how these three things connect, dragons, tears, and renewal,  click on the link to sister blog View from the Woods. It’s a post about something important … Continue reading →

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A Shout-out for Columbus Day!

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Touch2Touch

Would you recognize this as the portrait of an indigenous American woman? No? But not for lack of trying — on the part of Christopher Columbus. There he was, three ships and all, looking for India — and he found … Continue reading →

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The Jewel in the Lotus —

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Touch2Touch

Anyone who’s flirted even mildly with Tibetan Buddhism knows this mantra for chanting: Om mani padme hum. What does it mean? “Hail, The Jewel is in the Lotus.” But what does that mean? Even though I’ve chanted it myself (although I am … Continue reading →

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