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In planning a trip to Thailand, I've read about their culture, and one author said, "Their approach to life is invariably positive, carefree and good-natured."  At this time in our culture, I feel such discord and disdain for others' opinions.  Today I read about a...
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Yesterday Elon Musk sent his spacecraft into the galaxies, and as I watched it, I was initially stunned at the precise set-down of two booster rockets.  Then as the commentary continued, I giggled because of Musk's child-like playfulness in launching his red convertible into space....
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I heard about Ann Curry's new program "We'll Meet Again," a television show that connects two people separated by an event or a situation and who are reunited.   In the trailer I saw, one lady wanted to meet a childhood friend to thank her...
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Christmas decorations are removed from the stores, and now as I head into any store I see hearts and more hearts.  Valentine's Day is not too far away.  I remember as a young mother I used to wrap a present for each of our two...
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Throughout the holiday season, it's been said that women add over 100 tasks to their already-tight schedule....cards, baking, shopping, gift-wrapping, etc.  The last couple of years I've reassessed a bit and realized that something doing less--or substituting one activity for the other--actually heightens my enjoyment...
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Words have always intrigued me.  Just the sound of certain words, like cashmere, nobility, and honey, just feel good as they roll around in my mouth. For the last four or five years, I've been listening to the way words morph...nouns becoming verbs. Remember the...
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Visionaries have always intrigued me—how they dream big and have the courage to do battle with naysayers.  One group of visionaries I’m observing now are those working on the BLOCK project in Seattle, an attempt to care for the homeless. Several architects have joined with...
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Creating a Pause, Turning the Ordinary to the Sacred is available on Amazon, and my hope is that it encourages people, especially young mothers, to slow down their busy lives and to find ways of incorporating pauses, little mini-rituals that are neither costly nor time-consuming, as...
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