survival poem #17 | Marty McConnell because this is what you do. get up. blame the liquor for the heaviness. call in late to work. go to the couch because the bed is too empty. watch people scream about love on Jerry Springer. count the…
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Poetry Friday: The Uses of Sorrow | Mary Oliver
Read moreThe Uses of Sorrow | Mary Oliver (In my sleep I dreamed this poem) Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.
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firefly magic: musings on religion
Read moreRecently I stumbled across these stunning photographs of fireflies by Katrien Vermeire. When it comes to religion, my thoughts are blurry at best. I have said that kindness is my religion and that I am in love with every church and mosque and temple. But…
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There is a light that never goes out.
Read more“Imagine there is a fire beneath your heels, so lift them high and use your knees to pull your triceps in towards your chest. Now the flames are rising towards your butt, so lift that, too. Keep looking forward until your toes have no choice,…
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Book Review & Giveaway: Willpower
Read moreI was an English writing major in college, but I took as many anthropology classes as I could manage for the fun of it. Evolution and human behavior really get me going. So when my friends at TLC asked me to review Willpower: Rediscovering the…
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Poetry Friday: In Blackwater Woods | Mary Oliver
Read moreIn Blackwater Woods | Mary Oliver Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers of cattails are bursting and floating away over the blue shoulders of the ponds,…
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Things i Love Thursday (TiLT)
Read moreI have so much to be grateful for this week! So, let’s get this ball rolling… Things I am loving right now: puppy kisses & kitten cuddles from bella & luna ♥ rainy days & rainbows ♥ evolution you had it’s biggest day ever on…