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Month: October 2010

Happy Halloween

October 31, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized
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October Table

October 30, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized
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Claire’s Pocket

October 29, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Claire’s Pocket Purple jack  blue marble  crumpled tissue  marker top  white ribbon  piece of cracker  baby gorilla  Belle’s yellow slipper  a small stone  a withered dandelion  a tiny blue book covered with stars a note to grandma  an invitation to […]

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Caught By Surprise

October 28, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Part 1 The *tugging started at noon. They had stopped for a bite to eat at the Yankee Doodle Diner, newly renovated. It was crowded with old people. He ordered coffee, toast, eggs over easy, juice. She had pancakes and orange […]

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This Gazing Thing

October 27, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

There’s so much I want to say about this baby, Quinn Claire. Like how I felt holding her, amazingly happy, or before that, how I felt driving on Rt. 2 past my alma mater, Goddard College, joyful, then on to […]

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Uniquely Yours

October 26, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

TRY: Seeing your life this very day as a journey and as an adventure. Where are you going? What are you seeking? Where are you now? What stage of the journey have you come to? If your life were a […]

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Dropping Like Feathers

October 25, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Kerry wrote, “Enjoy re-nesting and making sense of it all.”  Re-nesting = take Claire to bus stop, make oatmeal, kiss Michael goodbye, do laundry, sweep the kitchen floor, worry, watch red and yellow leaves trickle to the ground, dropping like […]

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For My Girls

October 24, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Claire and I were driving home from her friend’s birthday party when we pulled up behind two guys on motorcycles at a red light. One was wearing a leather jacket with writing down the back; his own personal bumper sticker. Maybe […]

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My Own Bed

October 24, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

Which way should I go? Home. I am stuffed with stories and overflowing with gratitude, but too crazy tired to do anything but feel the deep joy of my own bed.   Thanks for staying with me on this being alive road trip. […]

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Today’s Multiple Choice Question

October 22, 2010July 8, 2017 betsy9Uncategorized

“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night follows day, thou ‘canst not then be false to any man.” -William Shakespeare Shakespeare before dawn? Go figure. But I’m wrestling with strong feelings about this retreat experience. Feeling reactive to […]

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