Tag: life
member name: Quinn (aka Entwife) Blackburn
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February 02, 2009 09:46 AM EST --
I find it very relaxing to play around with photo editing, like many here at Gather. Sometimes all that is needed is a simple cropping to draw attention to the real focus of a picture, and sometimes you . . .
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November 17, 2008 06:35 PM EST --
Just about four years ago, I found out I was going to be a Grandmother. At 34, a bit young for such a title perhaps, but I embraced the experience, as I try to do everything in life... with . . .
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November 26, 2008 07:11 PM EST --
May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner . . .
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November 20, 2006 03:59 PM EST --
The 13 Original Clan Mothers by Jamie Sams is an utterly unique book truly unlike anything else that I have read. This collection of Native American wisdom is delivered in a oral-tradition style . . .
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October 15, 2006 08:54 AM EDT --
One day a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a
river and her thimble fell into the river. When she cried
out, the Lord appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?"
The seamstress replied . . .
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October 23, 2006 12:05 PM EDT --
A girlfriend of mine sent me these in my email and I've treasured them ever since. I actually printed these out and kept it on the fridge where everyone could enjoy them... until one of the . . .
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September 18, 2007 05:04 PM EDT --
Kennywood is the big local amusement park here in Pittsburgh. It's been there, evolving and entertaining people, since 1898! Yesterday was the last day of regular operation for the summer of 2007, . . .
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October 11, 2007 03:10 PM EDT --
Voices dry as desert tears,
yet moist as rankest fen,
this Singer teaches us
the patience of Zen...
"Waste not, want not!
Your trash is my treasure.
Humming, hard at work, or
strolling at my leisure... . . .
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October 18, 2007 08:29 PM EDT --
"I dance...
casting circles unseen
tracing secret signs upon
Her skin...
Soaring,
each heartbeat
keeping time upon
the Winds...
I cry your name!
Visions, . . .
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April 11, 2008 08:46 AM EDT --
Once, So long ago, a planet turned in a moment of possibilities...
In a wide hall of oak with flagstone floors, many people sit at their ease after a well-turned meal. At a focal point of the room, . . .
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February 08, 2009 02:42 PM EST --
Beauty can be found all around us, and is a constant source of inspiration. Winter is a wonderful time to pause and reflect on Beauty, although it is often considered a bleak and barren season. Braving . . .
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November 15, 2006 10:11 AM EST --
I have never said this about a book before, but Dr. Martha Stout's "The Sociopath Next Door" should be required reading for All of us. In these 218 pages, Dr. Stout delivers a startlingly . . .
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October 06, 2007 06:05 PM EDT --
"My broad green hands
hold aloft a slender wand.
Drink me, bathe in my essence
and I will wave away pain,
cleanse blood, banish poison.
Yet I am thought a weed . . .
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October 07, 2007 10:15 AM EDT --
"Silently I slide along
measuring Creation with my scales.
You must listen closely to hear my sibilant song
for there is Wisdom
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October 25, 2007 02:38 AM EDT --
"Two-spirited and humble,
I patiently tend to the land
for I know that even the smallest effort
might one day raise mountains
or move you vast distances
from . . .
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October 28, 2007 02:09 PM EDT --
"Flying blind,
shaping the world with our song,
We can change your perspective
when everything seems to have gone wrong.
New life only comes after death.
. . .
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October 30, 2007 06:08 PM EDT --
"Life is full of choices,
and every one is a test.
I know this maze like my own shadow.
I will show you how to use your clever mind
to decide which choice is best.
Some call . . .
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December 12, 2007 04:11 PM EST --
"Lowly,
Bountiful and Benign...
I sing.
All Life is sacred, so
Honor life with Generosity.
Giving of yourself draws you closer
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February 03, 2008 01:43 PM EST --
Through trackless forests and
sun-ripened fields, . . .
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March 17, 2008 04:28 PM EDT --
Those who know me well know that I get to spend very little time with my only grandchild.
He just turned three on March 10th and I hadn't seen him for about a year. We were lucky enough . . .
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