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Ommm Balance: Rooting to Find your Center

Originally posted on Nourishing Storm’s monthly theme blog.  See what these wonderful peeps are up to this month by clicking here. I love that feeling when I own my power in a yoga pose. When I am in it and … Continue reading

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And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung . . .

I’ve always just kind of hoped I’d find this one great truth about myself that, once discovered, would open me to understanding my purpose.  The more I dug for it, the deeper it hid. I’ve searched for meaning in books, … Continue reading

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Ain’t no time to hate . . .

I guess I didn’t really know what to expect when I went to testify against the people who robbed me. I thought maybe I’d be intimidated by their stares. Maybe they would threaten me in some way.  Or maybe I’d … Continue reading

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Nothing’s gonna change my world . . .

I was robbed.  On my birthday which I share with my grandfather as I knelt on his grave, my purse was stolen from my car.  I tried to chase them in my clogs and the rain but they were gone.  … Continue reading

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Just breathe . . .

Life is just so busy . . .  I can barely hang on to a thought sometimes.  I stop to catch my breath.  Or actually feel my breath.  Focusing all of my attention on its rhythm and finding that peace that … Continue reading

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Beauty is in the eye . . .

The New Year has arrived and finds me, like every new year before, reflecting on my life.  Will I ever be successful?  Might this be the year I find success?  What is success anyway?   Is it money?  Is it accolades? … Continue reading

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A very very very fine house . . .

I still can’t quite wrap my head around losing the shore house.  Pulling up to it now, I don’t know why, but I’m afraid.  Looking at it, knowing it may not belong to my family, it breaks my heart.  It … Continue reading

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Oh the water . . .

It takes a certain quality to live by the water.  A certain respect.  Or it should.  The waters lure us near.  We start off with a cautious fascination, sensing its immense power and wanting to jump in.  We move closer … Continue reading

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Somewhere over the rainbow

  Pulling into the development, I could see no real change.  I half expected to find that Hurricane Sandy’s toll wasn’t as bad as I had thought it would be.  But as we drove deeper into the lagoon community, reality settled in.  House after house … Continue reading

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Finding the time . . .

The season is changing, back to school.  The relaxed unstructured pace of summer is replaced with buzzing alarm clocks and rushed mornings.  Until I adjust my gait over here to get in stride with fall’s rhythm, it is almost impossible to set … Continue reading

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