Tag: peace
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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November 20, 2009 03:40 AM EST --
The trees have lost their leaves and the water birds have flown south. Nature has made a space which feels like it needs filling. It isn't so strange that we choose this barren time of year for giving . . .
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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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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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October 16, 2007 03:22 AM EDT --
I’ve been out picking mushrooms again; and, yes, once again with my mushroom-disinterested golden retriever, Lucy and without a hand-held GPS (satellite-based Global Positioning System for figuring . . .
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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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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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August 06, 2008 06:08 AM EDT --
It is still summer holiday time, but nature has already turned its sights toward the autumn. Yesterday as the wind spattered rain against the window panes, and we watched our warm summer lake water being . . .
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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 17, 2008 06:12 AM EDT --
The forested small islands of Lake Mälaren, my home in Sweden, have turned a deep, dark green as though to call my attention to them. "Your frivolity on the water will end and . . .
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