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Motherly Musings
Nancy Friday wrote, “When I stopped seeing my mother with the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself.” My mom, who died 12 years ago, birthed me under a fog of drugs, my...
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Musings On 1.1.11
The calendar tells us that it’s the first day of another year, a rhapsody in 1′s. The numeral one, with it’s vertical stance, is much like the vertical nature of the landscape in January. Colors are...
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January in the Cuyahoga Valley
This is the time of year when I get a wee bit tired of the gray and cold and snow. Nature seems to sense that we could use a respite. The quality of light has changed since the Solstice, and the...
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Mid-Winter Musings
It’s mid-winter in my world. And right now it means cold, gray, and snowy. As I sit at my kitchen table, tappity tapping my thoughts, I watch the snowflakes and the temperature fall. A chance of...
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Musings on Making Things
Someone asked how long it takes to complete a piece. It’s not about the time in the studio at all; it’s about the experiences in one’s life. Each piece is a result of the culmination of a lifetime of...
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Living Fully in These Times
None of us are strangers to the intensity of these challenging times on Planet Earth. We can make choices how we deal with internal and external circumstances. This is what I do: I try to live my...
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Frosty Morning
It was a frosty morning in the Village of Peninsula, Ohio, population 602. The daffodils, bravely emerging from their winter’s home, were blanketed with a coating of crystals. Daffodils are a hearty...
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Musings on a Day for Dads
When I was going through my Dad’s papers, I came across a slip of paper that he had given me shortly before he died. It’s a poem he had found and had liked. To a Daughter Leaving Home When I taught...
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Friday Musings
This media has given me the opportunity to connect with people all over this fine planet. It’s become the backyard fence, as we tappity tap our wishes, lies and dreams. I am sipping my morning...
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What Color Was Your Friday?
In the Village of Peninsula, population 602, you can have whatever color Friday you’d like. We are small businesses—micro businesses actually—and when you support us, you support your neighbors and...
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