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The Blessing of Found Time
The To Do List was absolutely packed today. The pressure of completing that list by the deadline of Thursday was felt as soon as I opened my eyes this morning. My mind was racing trying to figure out how to fit it all in. My heart was racing from the stress induced adrenaline pumping through…
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A Rhythmic Meditation
Row!! Legs push forcefully, Body hinges back, Arms pull, Paddle drives through the water, Feather the oar, Body slides forward slowly, Recover the energy, Row!! and Row!! and Row!! and Row!! This past week I was able to row for the first time on the water in a boat of 8. It was absolutely lovely…
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Magical Medicine for My Soul
Dear Mother Nature, I just wanted to express my thanks to you for the constant care you wrap around me. Your fresh air cleanses my body as I release stress and anxiety into your winds. Your beautiful blooming flowers color my world diminishing the gray gloom of my mind. That absolutely glorious sun energizes me…
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Transformative Transportation
Kicking my leg over my seat, Placing my foot on the pedal, Pushing off, Pedaling away, Rolling down the street… cool morning air freshens my lungs, sunbeams illuminate the flowering dogwood trees, lilac perfume wafts on the breeze, dogs bark “Good Morning”, Pulling into my school’s driveway, Parking my bike, Locking it on the rack,…
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Aches and Pains of Pickleball
Oh, I am sooooooooo sore this morning. No one told me that playing pickleball at a 3 hour “social” would make me hurt all over the next morning. The arches of my feet, my calf muscles, my right hip, my abs, my right tricep and shoulder all simper in pain as I move them today.…
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Mother Nature’s Melancholy
As morning edged out night the sky gripped tightly the billowy gray blanket of Mother Nature’s continued melancholy as a few tears trickled, then escalated to sobs of sadness, pattered back down to a mist of glumness day, after day, after day, after day, after day, after day. When will Mother Nature let the light…
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Filling My Rising to My Rest
our sun rising through cotton candy sky dew drops glistening along blades of grass birds announcing the arrival of a new day – Oh the beauty of an earthen morn! white puffs peppering the cerulean sky sunflowers heads seeking the light bees dancing their way from bloom to bloom – Oh the beauty of an…
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A Place to Think
a wood-chipped trail meandering through the woods releases free spaces in my mind to fill with creative vibes, a large boulder blanketed with moss marooned by the end of a stream is the perfect place to perch and let my thoughts be carried by the current of my brain waves, the sunbeams dappling across my…
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Precious Student Gift
Crinkled paper with rainbow heart a precious student gift relationship rocky at the start crinkled paper with rainbow heart born from kindness on both our parts attitudes did surely shift Crinkled paper with rainbow heart a precious student gift #VerseLove Day 18 – Try a Triolet Triolet has 8 lines. It is small and powerful.…
Doodads and Doodles
A collection of casual word sketches about daily life
Collect moments, not things.
Doodads and Doodles 