Tag Archives: lifestyle

Dinner on the Porch

Posted on September 12, 2019 by

august in the city cicadas’ songs adding magic to the music and stories on Lesly’s front porch

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Tribute to Mary Oliver

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

Mary, Mary, Mary through poetry your noticing became mine My poem was written at a Spirit Play session with InterPlay Atlanta. Photo of sunset is a photo I snapped in my front yard.

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Instinct

Posted on July 18, 2015 by

  Instinct bodies can bruise, stagger,  and tilt with a breeze psyches can hamper, crack, and smile with an angle but spirit-awakened instinct cannot be lead astray Written for The Sunday Whirl using the twelve words pictured above.  I do enjoy the creative … Continue reading →

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Wholly Human

Posted on July 12, 2015 by

there’s a spell called branding that you alone decide to cast not witches although you’ve branded them too and caused much pain like the sting of a scorpion turn your ear but not a blind eye to branding you don’t … Continue reading →

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Absorbed

Posted on February 7, 2015 by

long to be wholly absorbed in wholeheartedness

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Never Go Back

Posted on August 31, 2014 by

caring communities take time to listen to concerns and chat about viable compromises they make contact collaborate and serve for decades they bring along a new generation to assure a state of progress for them, regression is not an option … Continue reading →

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My Writing Process Tour

Posted on June 27, 2014 by

Yay!  I’m joining a blog tour today, My Writing Process.  Thank you, Michelle Pond, for inviting me. Readers, you can find Michelle on her blog, MAPoet.  There you will find her poetry and a link to her published collection titled I Keep … Continue reading →

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Toward Wholeness

Posted on April 5, 2014 by

It’s tough to let down a barrier and swing into power I can’t zip there like diamonds falling over a waterfall but I can strap on courage and suspend my zone of comfort I can pleat details into a unit designed to support a … Continue reading →

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Cat’s Growl

Posted on March 29, 2014 by

  pack your bags ask why dig out the root-cause make a plan to heal by mending in time you’ll miss the cat’s growl you may sleep in rows with bursts of shivering but you won’t visit heaven, yet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ … Continue reading →

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Purge

Posted on January 3, 2014 by

My word is purge.  Yes, I’ve chosen a word for the year.  Purge will help me focus on clearing things, and creating space for more beauty and more creative energy. I have tons of files and paper I want to clear.  I still need … Continue reading →

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