Tag: life
member name: Julie L.
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February 17, 2008 06:18 AM EST --
Six swans flew overhead as I stood basking in the uncharacteristically warm February morning sunshine just outside the side door to my island cottage. They flew so low over my head that it seemed . . .
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April 15, 2008 07:22 AM EDT --
Looking down through the clouds I see my island. My hand performs a little wag back and forth as I say a temporary good-bye to my little patch of the world. The passenger next to me grins and . . .
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April 15, 2008 07:17 AM EDT --
The snow drops dangle their weary heads over the softening ground which is already giving way to crocus, daffodil and even tulip shoots. For those of you who aren't into bulbs, this means in translation . . .
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October 29, 2007 08:42 AM EDT --
I have just received an invitation to visit Europe's first expo. for divorced people. I am divorced and happily remarried. A question that the invitation raised for me was whether it is useful to . . .
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December 18, 2007 04:36 AM EST --
Whether you are religious are not, it is that time of year that feels sacred. What I mean by this is that the things around us and the events that take place seem to be loaded with greater meaning - a . . .
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July 06, 2008 05:06 AM EDT --
If you've been a faithful regular consumer of tofu and now are mortified by the finding that regular consumption of tofu may raise the risk of memory loss, take heart. As always with studies . . .
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May 14, 2009 02:01 AM EDT --
Hello dear friends at Gather.
It has occurred to me recently that what many of us our doing here at Gather is helping one another to learn to live. That can sound patronising but isn't given the . . .
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May 04, 2008 03:47 AM EDT --
Everywhere I step on my island at the moment a salad is waiting. Virgin green leaves that have just unfolded and not yet been toughened by age and the heat of the summer are first class ingredients . . .
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October 21, 2007 06:42 AM EDT --
Belonging to a family is something that most of us take for granted in our lives. That is, we are born into one and then, more often than not, expect to create one ourselves. Families can take so many . . .
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December 02, 2007 05:55 AM EST --
Hello everyone. I am back after some time of being away from Gather as my father just passed away. It has been a heart-wrenching and yet unifying time.
During my father's dying process I sent him . . .
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December 21, 2007 05:39 AM EST --
An Angel has Flown
An angel has flown,
the dust is settled,
the people are free.
A footprint at sunrise
is all that is left
in the . . .
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May 13, 2008 09:00 AM EDT --
Living on an enchanted island in Scandinavia is a paradise in the spring; that is, until the birch and grasses begin to bloom. For years, I could barely open my eyes when I awoke to the symphony . . .
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September 04, 2008 06:22 AM EDT --
Who could resist the urge to slip on those running shoes after watching Usain Bolt jog over the finish line at this summer's Olympics? There is a certain freedom in it, an ancient memory of something . . .
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November 18, 2008 08:00 AM EST --
While the world mulls over its current dilemma, up here in the North we are still dealing with the same November problem. What on earth happened to the light? When the morning alarm rings most . . .
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May 16, 2008 03:41 AM EDT --
Out on Bird Island a plump goose perches and broods over the plight of motherhood. "For how much longer will I have to sit here waiting for these young ones to hatch?", she wonders. . . .
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June 26, 2008 03:06 AM EDT --
Taking care of the environment is a vital dimension of personal wellbeing. This has always been true although only in the 21st century has it become a mainstream idea. As with all big ideas, the . . .
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June 26, 2008 03:17 AM EDT --
The soft summer breeze is blowing luxury in through the open window in my island study. My bees are buzzing in the bushes just below, reminding me that summer in a true Scandinavian sense is not just . . .
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October 21, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
The Canada geese on the horizon ruffle their wings in preparation for flight. Suddenly the leader of the flock lets out an unmistakable cry and in a miracle of natural engineering, unfolds his . . .
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September 26, 2008 09:15 AM EDT --
Wellness seems like one of those things that we have the privilege of worrying about when times are good. When they aren't, it gets tossed on that pile of irrelevancies that fly out the window when . . .
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July 26, 2008 03:49 AM EDT --
The waves lap gently up onto the shore and lightly kiss my wooden kayak which rests on the stony beach. A single hanging birch branch sways lightly in the wind like a dancer waking up to a new day. The . . .
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