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A Reflection on Finding Peace in Quiet Moments I have never been one for sitting still—never the sort to let the world slow as I linger in a moment of silence. Restless by inclination, I am a piddler by nature, forever fluttering from task to task, my thoughts ricocheting like sunlight off water. My hands…
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What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it? The last thing I searched for online was a washing machine. My old thing finally took her last spin… the last 2 years she got louder and louder as that part of the chore took place. It had a bad…
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Ramblings about the Times of Overwhelm I am not okay, I feel like I am teetering on the edge… The world is changing, yes it is always changing… Evolution is a part of life, not just for the planet but for its inhabitants as well. We grow, we learn, we see, we interact, we build…
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What TV shows did you watch as a kid? When I was a kid we played outside and were busier than most are today. There were fewer options and I feel we had a rocking childhood. On Saturday morning we watched Looney Tunes filled with Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Yogi Bear and Booboo. The Road…
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What’s your favorite time of day? My favorite time of day falls at its beginning and its ending… these times measure the day and night. They are the ritual of nature and of mankind…. the sounds of them are music to my heart and soul. The dawn comes in quietly at first, and there is…
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Quiet Moments Amidst Unfamiliar Landscapes Saturday morning arrives, gentle and deliberate, as if the universe allows this single sliver of time to move more quietly than the rest. Light filters through the limbs of the trees and finds it way into my front window, golden and soft, illuminating rooms that once seemed so certain and…
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Tell us about the last thing you got excited about. The last thing I truly got excited for was the weekend. That started last night as I left work, a bit early even… left early because businesses are so slow, ours is no different. The traffic on the roads for Friday night was not the…
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How would you design the city of the future? First, I grew up watching the Jetsons on Saturday morning and I imagined the future to be that… at least in the city. As a country girl who cherishes the solitude of my acres and dead-end dirt road existence, the city I see would be more…
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Reflections on Change, Challenge, and the Enduring Power of Hope Life is an ever-evolving choreography, each day composed of mental, physical, social, and work routines—steps learned and unlearned as circumstances shift. We never know what the future or even tomorrow ever holds. Sometimes, it feels as though we are gliding on a smooth floor, each…
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Where did your name come from? My name came to me by way of my parents, of course. I was the firstborn child to my parents in 1958. This was long before we ” knew” what was coming, my mama said we were just excited and surprised at birth by a boy or a girl.…
