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Month: September 2010

Cloud Of Feathers

September 30, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Yesterday, after posting the lovely quote about Mother Nature, quiet mind, & roping in the restlessness, I sat down to write and this spilled onto the page: I am restless. Worried. But more restless. Home in the quiet. Everyone is […]

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Learn To Wait

September 29, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Study the cycles of Mother Nature, for they correspond with the cycles of your soul’s growth. Quiet your mind. Rope in the restlessness. Be here. Learn to labor. Learn to wait.  Learn to wait expectantly. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Like The Dalmations

September 28, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Not sure if y’all have noticed, how could you not, but it was only a matter of time that turkeys would become followers of This Being Alive. I’ve been remiss in sending out a huge welcome to #55 official follower, […]

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Shingles and Other Common Rashes

September 27, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

I took Dad to see his cardiologist this morning. Boy, was that a scene. They put us in a very narrow office with wood paneling, shades of Edgar Allan Poe. I could barely breathe in there. To make matters worse, on the […]

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Swim More Rivers

September 26, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

It’s a gray Sunday afternoon, not like yesterday, when we went to the river. Claire swam with Dad, aka Pop Pop. The two of them rolled around in the water like a couple of young otters. Michael fished the riverbank, […]

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Dream in Two Parts

September 25, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

1. I am holding my old dog, Che; my arms wrapped around his large, furry dog-self. I am crying, so happy, amazed to be hugging him again, so happy to feel his physical body and to smell his fur. 2. […]

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Late Bloomers

September 24, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Late bloomers are beautiful.

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Crazy-Good

September 23, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

A month ago, this Oxalis plant was in tatters. It was a pile of brown shriveled twiggy leaves, a pot of dirt, dead. Sadly, I left it to fend for itself out on the back porch… until I circled back around, drizzled […]

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Word On The Street

September 22, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized
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Re-entry Can Be Slippery

September 22, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Email to Neeny this morning before heading home from my get-away: I stayed an extra day and feel all kinds of things: good, relaxed, ready to get home, nervous to come home. missing my family, enjoying my freedom… breathing. The […]

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