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Pull Up a Chair
In the busy outside interactions of summer in the city, it’s often difficult to find a place of retreat, where one can stand back and observe what moments ago one was in the midst of. On a recent evening photo shoot, in front of Union Station,Denver’s newly repurposed and renovated train station plaza,…
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Shift Happens
We’ve heard the term ” ***t happens” … a deadline looms ; health issues change our routines; a new job requires re-orientation from familiar patterns; the dog dies; the old arguments resurface; you live with a two year old; and so on. It is easy in these times to quickly seek an answer,to work at a solution, to make our case, and to…
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Balls in the Air … Balls on the Ground
We continue to be in transition as our house is still on the market in one location and we’re almost finished with a remodeling project in another one 500 miles away. On a recent walk with an old friend in the new location I was…
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Just because you can …
For the last few months I have been engaged in a long distance remodeling project. Now that the project is almost complete I have reflected on how important it is to assemble a first rate team for such an undertaking. Like an orchestra with a…
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Time Out
A friend’s husband suddenly dying, adult children grieving; a funeral; another passing a “swallowing test” two months post “brain surgery”enabling a drink of water and a taste of food for the first time in 2 months; an adult son’s 29th birthday and visit for 3 precious…
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Stop
Having always been a curious sort from the time I was young, I’d sometimes get into trouble – especially if I asked people about things they’d rather not disclose. The phrase then was: “Stop being so nosy”, or the firmer: “mind your own business.” I was always wondering how things worked and would…
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When my oldest son was little I gave him a book that was in my toy consultant sample packet. The title: “Little While Friends.” He received it just before we went on a family road trip one summer where we explored three towns named Keystone in three states … among other things. Stopping to…
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Winter Sentinel
Oh you beautiful tree of winter standing tall above the alley as I open the garage door to quickly hop into my vehicle for a run to the local coffee shop for my first stop of several on this crisp, snowless, early morning.…
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Calm
I have often driven myself into a frenzy because I have a “big” something to do. A big project, a big presentation, a big deadline … and so on. I remember the day that I took out the word “big” and substituted a declarative sentence without…
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Do vs. Dew
Hello Dear Readers, I’ve taken a break from blogging because, quite frankly, I’ve just been worn out. I’m learning that just because I can, I don’t have to. Like the beautiful drops of dew in our image today, there are so many interesting drops of delight…