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The Game of Life

Posted on August 5, 2010 by favoritephilosopher

Since I have not completed my report on the retreat, I’m jumping ahead a bit here.  However, one of the things that happened there was that I was asked to reflect on why I’m here at all.  We each must answer … Continue reading →

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Send Me Up

Posted on August 4, 2010 by favoritephilosopher

When the boys were little I would often lie down with them at bedtime, tell them a story about Little Squirrel who lived in our tree outside, or sing a song.  To be sure, I would also sometimes yell at them … Continue reading →

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Rainbows Part II

Posted on August 3, 2010 by favoritephilosopher

For the hip young you tubers in my massive audience, you might note that the new header photo is a DOUBLE rainbow!  Wow!  What does that MEAN?????

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Rainbow

Posted on August 3, 2010 by favoritephilosopher

My little poem about rainbows does not express any great truths that have not been expressed before by greater minds than my own and in much more profound ways, but I like it because it was part of the poems … Continue reading →

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The Wedding Dress

Posted on August 2, 2010 by favoritephilosopher

From the moment I learned to sew in Home Economics in high school, I knew I would make my wedding dress.  Ladies of today, “Home Ec” was a group of classes that young women took back in the day – we didn’t take … Continue reading →

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Night Swimming

Posted on July 31, 2010 by favoritephilosopher

The haunting R.E.M. song “Night Swimming” never fails to move me – I really don’t know the lyrics, except that “night swimming deserves a quiet night.”  It takes me back to a night when I was in my twenties, living … Continue reading →

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Labyrinth

Posted on July 30, 2010 by favoritephilosopher

It is really way too late to be writing, it is actually “tomorrow,”  but I know that if I let myself off the hook with the “promise to be back soon” business that it could be weeks before I write … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cookies

Posted on July 25, 2010 by favoritephilosopher

It was the day before Christmas Eve, 1994.  The boys had reached that moment just before Christmas where children appear that they are going to burst with anticipation.  Despite the fact that we didn’t reinforce it, the idea that Santa … Continue reading →

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Illegal Naps

Posted on July 25, 2010 by favoritephilosopher

I once told my friend Terri that I had taken a wonderful “illegal nap” that day.  She said “what in the world is an illegal nap?”   Let me enlighten you as I enlightened her. An illegal nap is a nap … Continue reading →

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Whoa, Dude, Lighten Up!

Posted on July 23, 2010 by favoritephilosopher

Boy, that retreat writing sure gets heavy.  I need to decompress here.  This ends funny, I promise… I never came home with a critter following me begging Mom to let me keep ‘im.  Nope.   I waited until I was a … Continue reading →

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