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For most of us, knowledge of our world comes large

For most of us, knowledge of our world comes largely through sight, yet we look about with such unseeing eyes that we are partially blind. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?" ~ Rachel Carson in The Sense of Wonder

#prayformsu #spartanstrong #spartannurse #michigan

#prayformsu #spartanstrong #spartannurse #michiganstateuniversity

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faith

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. ~ Psalm 136:1

A tale of two iguanas... I did not see the iguana

A tale of two iguanas... I did not see the iguana in the background until I downloaded the photos. That, I believe, is the one that got caught in one of the openings in the neighbor's chain link fence. We tried in several (safe) ways to dislodge it without luck and could think of no other option but to leave it. Somehow it apparently dislodged itself. We also believe this is the pair that was getting into another neighbor's garden. We haven't seen either one since the last cold snap, so we are wondering if they survived.
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Thinking some may have tumbled from their perches last night. Pretty sure it will be raining iguanas tonight since we are under a frost advisory. It's cold. And windy.

Just sing... sing a song... Singing our way into

Just sing... sing a song...

Singing our way into the weekend.

"We don't just see. We learn to see." ~ Russ Ramse

"We don't just see. We learn to see." ~ Russ Ramsey in Rembrandt is in the Wind

Now you see me... now you don't.

Now you see me... now you don't.

"I started looking and listening. I realized that

"I started looking and listening. I realized that work, like life, is shot through with poetry. It was everywhere. I was so taken with what I discovered that I wrote a book about it." @gyoung9751
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Whether you work in an office, a retail store, a restaurant, or at home... Whether you work on roads or on power lines, or on high buildings...Whether you collect trash or preach sermons, or care for your kiddos. Whether you do art, or weave words, or take photos of a common gallinule AKA moorhen AKA swamp chicken--it's all shot through with poetry.
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So pay attention. Find a poem.
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Read more at https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2023/01/10/its-poetry-at-work-day-2023/

Everyone needs a little balance in life. And maybe

Everyone needs a little balance in life. And maybe a beauty routine. And breakfast. Especially breakfast. I wonder if it consists of a few fire ants. I hope so. (Well, not mine. I'm having oatmeal with chia seeds. What are you having this morning?)
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P.S. Happy Friday!

"Though your destination is not yet clear You can

"Though your destination is not yet clear You can trust the promise of this opening; Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning That is at one with your life's desire." ~John O'Donohue
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A blessing for a new beginning in a new year. I'm sure he wrote it especially for me. At least I'm claiming it. Maybe it will speak to you, too.
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Also, I'd really like this skirt -->
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Read the whole poem--> -->
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Well, bummer... The whole page didn't print. Read it in the comments below.

"What precocity, a bird half the size Of an Anjou

"What precocity, a bird half the size
Of an Anjou pear." ~ Stephen Kuusisto in "The Mockingbird on Central" (Find it in The Poets Guide to the Birds edited by Judith Kitchen and Ted Kooser)
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"The morning pages are the primary tool of creative recovery." ~ Julia Cameron in The Artist's Way.
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I've been in a long creative drought, so I started morning pages--again. This time I've got a bit of an accountability group through @refineretreat's Refinery--which I finally also joined this year. I'll turn 74 this month. I'm not ready to grow old while I age--though everything does seem to take longer while time goes by faster.
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#aweandwonder #tsaweandwonder

Tonight’s walk in the neighborhood. I’m still

Tonight’s walk in the neighborhood. I’m still kinda amazed that out of all the places we could have ended up after moving from a place I said I’d never move from), here we are—planted right next to the northern Everglades. Six-plus years, and I still shake my head in wonder.

"So fancy is the world..." ~ Mary Oliver in "This

"So fancy is the world..." ~ Mary Oliver in "This World." #aweandwonder #tsaweandwonder

Look, Mom! I can walk on water! #aweandwonder #tsa

Look, Mom! I can walk on water! #aweandwonder #tsaweandwonder

Gazing into 2023 like… Let’s take it step by

Gazing into 2023 like…
Let’s take it step by step with hope and courage. Also I hope to be posting again more often.
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Happy New Year!

The morning before the last morning of 2022. 🌴

The morning before the last morning of 2022.
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71 degrees. Heading to 83. I can live with that.

From the top of Brasstown Bald—the highest point

From the top of Brasstown Bald—the highest point in Georgia at 4784 feet.

Winding roads…

Tonight's moon. It's kinda okay.

Tonight's moon. It's kinda okay.

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