Tag Archives: change

Steep, strain, infuse

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

We were in Chinatown a few days ago and wandering into a tea and gift shop I was amazed at how empowered I felt by the potential for cure for any ill that could befall me or any of my … Continue reading →

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This used to be a Borders…

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

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Back to the Future

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

This is nostalgia gone viral. These images are everywhere on the net, but maintain their power touching some archetypal spot, deep down, that is compellingly engaging and haunting, connecting us to those most human issues of time and aging, impending death, … Continue reading →

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How a human being can change

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

This is how a human being can change: there’s a worm addicted to eating grape leaves. xxxxxSuddenly, he wakes up, call it grace, whatever, something wakes him, and he’s no longer a worm. xxxxxHe’s the entire vineyard, and the orchard too, … Continue reading →

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Otherwise by Jane Kenyon

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

I got out of bed on two strong legs. It might have been otherwise. I ate cereal, sweet milk, ripe, flawless peach. It might have been otherwise. I took the dog uphill to the birch wood. All morning I did … Continue reading →

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I stayed firmly planted in line

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

I am getting on Amtrak today to go to Ann Arbor to visit my sister. We’re all in a very long line which twists around the waiting room and out into the hallway and beyond. A tall burly guy in … Continue reading →

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