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Tag Archives: Gratitude
And the World Comes With It
(Recent post Sailing on a Ship of Thought prompted other viewers to set out on their own voyages. Be sure to click on the link and board Mercy’s ship with her for a journey to Calcutta when it was still Calcutta; … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Personal Essay
Tagged Connections, Farms, Gratitude, Meditation, Thanksgiving
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A Christmas Story — Kind Of
WordPress, which is this blog host, has been running a weekly photo challenge with a theme to jog bloggers’ imaginations. This week’s theme is Self-Portrait. Since I’m allergic to having my picture taken (even by me), most of my responses … Continue reading
HURRICANE INTERLUDE, or Whoosh with the Wind — UPDATE
Instead of the laden refrigerator I showed while waiting for Irene, the weekend visitor from Hell — here are blue skies on Sunday afternoon. The winds are still high — you can tell from the photo — but the rain … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Food, Nature, Pioneer Valley, Wind
Tagged Disasters, Food, Gratitude, Hurricanes, Rain, Water, Wind
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And the World Comes With It
What is ecology but connections? Meditation on a Bowl of Cereal (Special K, Familia, and Wheat Germ, mixed) There is to be thankful for: everything. The wheat in the cereal flakes, for instance. The fields in which it stood, green, … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Personal Essay
Tagged Connections, Farms, Gratitude, Meditation, Thanksgiving
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