Tag Archives: life

Dia de Los Muertos ~ Celebrating Death

Posted on November 1, 2015 by

I first started seriously talking to my ancestors, long departed from this planet, as my mother lay dying in her hospital bed six years ago. In the hospital for several days, and her breathing becoming more and more difficult in … Continue reading →

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Moving Along

Posted on August 27, 2015 by

Just follow the path and you’ll be there. But first, you have to realize your path, believe in it, and create it. And that’s what I’m doing. The husband and I are moving. Again. We just moved into the current … Continue reading →

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Phoneography Challenge; Goodbye to Picket Fences

Posted on August 25, 2014 by

I took one last walk in the old neighborhood last Thursday before we moved on Friday. It was the bucolic little suburban neighborhood out on the edge of Northern California’s Central Valley country; a pretty good combination for me. But … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Umbrellas

Posted on July 31, 2014 by

A rainbow of umbrellas at lunch today. I didn’t know how much I would need this light of color until later today. Difficult news to take in on the family front, little emergencies to take care of, and then news … Continue reading →

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In Memory of Christine

Posted on July 2, 2014 by

Life is but for a short while, and then we must go out on our own again, to the next phase of our being. May Christine be at peace, and her family comforted by the love that she was and … Continue reading →

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Mother and Child

Posted on May 10, 2014 by

Happy Mother’s Day. It is at times like this that I realize the incredible weight of being a mother.  The responsibility and care necessary to feed the blooms that you have brought into this world, to care for them tenderly, … Continue reading →

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Keys

Posted on May 9, 2014 by

Playing life’s music one day at a time Magical compositions

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Phoneography Buffet

Posted on April 21, 2014 by

I’m not sure exactly why, but I thought of Marie Antoinette after passing by the Palace Hotel’s Garden Court restaurant buffet prior to exiting onto the San Francisco streets and seeing the homeless and hungry out there. I’m sure I … Continue reading →

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It’s A Wrap

Posted on December 31, 2013 by

The year’s at an end wrapped up tight Some things best left behind some things percolating waiting to become ~~~~~~ “And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been”                    ~Rainer Maria Rilke ~~~~~~ Fragl is the … Continue reading →

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Joy

Posted on December 27, 2013 by

Michelle W., over on The Weekly Photo Challenge, tells us that “the years’ end is a perfect time to look back at the year-that-was and happily forward to the year-that-will-be. A time of renewal, celebration, and joy.” I look back, and … Continue reading →

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