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Visiting Home
You can’t go home again but you can sure visit a place that you came from, finding there a familiarity that you’ve carried with you all of your life, no matter how old you are or how far your journey has taken you away. The image…
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The Gifts Of The Table
Picture this: A beautifully appointed table; napkins folded in creative ways; fresh coffee and tea in pots atop a lit warming unit; platters and plates and baskets filled with beautiful torts, cakes,breads and freshly baked hard rolls with oh so soft centers;…
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Nebraska author Willa Cather once said: “Some things you learn in calm, some things in storm…” The last two weeks I’ve had the privilege and pain to learn in both conditions. In the calm of this week, the storm of vertigo and…
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Waiting
I’m up late tonight or early,eagerly waiting for the outside temperature to drop by at least 40 degrees from its high of 94 earlier this afternoon. The windows are open … ahhh here comes the north wind blowing in the cooler air. It’s been a long…
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Gratitude
Sometimes, but not often enough I “get over myself”and just relish the dance in the moment. Last week I joined a photography “Meetup” at the Denver Botanic Garden for a member’s only 7:00 a.m. entry before the general public admission at 9:00.…
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Take Me Back
Hello Dear Readers: After a two week hiatus or possibly three I’m back at it and delighted to be. I’ve had visits from friends; our almost 9 year old grand nephew flew in for a visit; and tomorrow our younger son returns to D.C. after a…
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Speechless
I want to talk about the recent fires in Colorado and the West, and yet as I try to express myself beyond the daily facts that are released in the news about the fires’ massive destruction, and devastating consequences to its victims, I am speechless. Perhaps…
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A Moment in Time
A quick blog this week, since I’m on the road again, this time to my former hometown, Lincoln, NE. Today’s image is thousands of miles away in London, England, at Paddington Station. When I arrived by express train from Heathrow Airport the day before…
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An English Farm Garden
As many of you know I recently took a trip to Northern England for the purpose of hiking the Hadrian’s Wall Path. (See two previous blogs) One of the unexpected delights was the quality and variety of food we were served at our various overnights along…