The winner of a copy of Praying With the Elements from my Poetry Invitation is Sally Coleman at Eternal Echoes!
Thanks again to everyone who participated.  Look for another Invitation the week after next. 
A blessed weekend to you all.  My husband and I celebrate our 13th anniversary on Monday so we have lots of little celebrations […]

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I am so very moved at the poetic response to my post of a few days ago.  I have absolutely loved reading your words and have really gathered them close to my heart and reflected on the meaning of freedom and why the cage can sometimes be so inviting, so comfortable and what it takes […]

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The world does not need words. It articulates itself
in sunlight, leaves, and shadows. The stones on the path
are no less real for lying uncatalogued and uncounted.
The fluent leaves speak only the dialect of pure being.
The kiss is still fully itself though no words were spoken.
And one word transforms it into something less or other –
illicit, […]

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I just came back from the most delightful lunch with the lovely lucy on a gorgeous late summer day here in Seattle to find a box of treasures at my door:
 
Thank you to everyone who has placed an order for a Praying with the Elements art & spirituality zine already, they will go out in […]

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I had such fun with my first Invitation to Poetry posted a couple of weeks ago and loved reading all of your contributions so here is another invitation for you, my wonderful readers, to add your own words to the image below.  This is a simple collage I made in about five minutes during a design elements class […]

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“O shy moon
don’t give in to the pushy clouds
you are above them”
-one of the Haiku read aloud at the end of the evening written by a fellow moon-gazer
(I apologize for not catching the name)
We attended the Moon Viewing event at the Japanese Garden last night and I was entranced the whole evening despite the fact […]

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“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass,
it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”
-Henry Miller
(photo taken at Glendalough, Ireland)
-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts

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I had a dream the other night:  
In the building where we live one of the condos is going to be rented out for a couple of months, so I decide to go take a look at it. When I first walk in, there is a small cramped kitchen with a stairway going up from the […]

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A cool event on Saturday my sweetie and I are planning on attending. If you’re in Seattle come join us!
August 25: Moon Viewing at the Japanese Garden (Arboretum)
7 to 10 p.m. (Garden will open at 6:15 p.m.)
Admission for all ages: $15  /  Tea tickets: $10
Enjoy a magical night in celebration of the autumn moon with […]

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Yesterday my sweet husband started back to work.  It was faculty meeting day and today he gets to meet all of his students.  I am always a bit sad at the end of summer–we get to spend so much time together and he truly is my best friend so we have a lot of fun, a […]

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