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This is how it went:  We carried a big sheet out to the shaded backyard. The sun hoovered high in the sky and its rays sneakily found their way through the leaves in the trees. We took great care to find an area where our dog had refrained from doing her “business” and since I […]

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Sometimes I require myself to think about things that I don’t want to think about because I think if I think about them it might make me feel better. . . even if I feel worse at first. My house is silent and three sleepy heads rest on three pillows behind three bedroom doors.  I […]

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I just love them. Each Monday evening I close the door to my office and I walk down a long hallway before exiting the building where I work.  As I make the trek from my office to my car, my mind is caught up in the events of the day.  I reflect on moments with […]

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Who among us has not heard this quote by Lao Tzu? “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”  I’ve always liked it. (Of course I do. . . It has the word “mile” in it.)  Such words make my runner ears perk up and immediately I pay attention.  As someone who has […]

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I declared a truce with winter. It happened on Friday morning, during what I’m pretty sure was our 73rd snow storm of the season.  We sat down, Old Man Winter and I, and we had a chat. And since I understand the art of negotiation, I took great care to talk in such a way […]

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