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Something beautiful
Something red, Patti “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ― Pablo Neruda Quote — Charmed Chaos From sun garden@hospital park, yesterday. Botanical name for ‘Crown of thorns’.. unsure, but I hear this one is best found in Madagascar Continue reading
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“What ‘Abide With Me’ means to India,” writes Gopalkrishna Gandhi – columns – Hindustan Times
Hindustantimes.com/columns/what-abide-with-me-means-to-india/ Thankyou Sam T. for this Link I had to repost. It’s a worthy 5minutes’ good long look via Indian Republic celebrations to ‘one of the world’s most moving songs…….’ Article written by Gopalkrishna Gandhi read on… “…All in fact is still, all quiet in expectation of a musical experience that goes beyond music to… Continue reading
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From the Womb of the Father
That line 👆 has been with me 3 weeks now. I wake up to sit in star-shade by our potted grapevine that snuggles baby pigeon twins: it is quiet, so quiet you could hear us breathe. Times like these, it arrives with a Noise- that we are Created: the lot of us- kings, priests, fugitives,… Continue reading
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Lyrics & Life
Healing Rain let It fall, let It whisper Its secrets, it’s time, Let it scour the rust, of the ashes of dust you & I… (Do check my song here if you would..) Continue reading
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That Once
Original oil, RN. Sold. …. He did not reply, but in the Stillness, all else was hushed: that One time was enough, enough for me to know the Power of His Stillness. Continue reading
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The Cusp of Spring
Isn’t that such a beautiful thing the Cusp of Spring? ….. Continue reading
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Tender tantrums of healing
I’m fascinated at the way our human body mends, physically, emotionally, socially… It takes tiny baby steps, and It may not even look like a mending. Have you ever darned? Y’know, stitched? I’ve watched my Ma do that, her tiny needle sashaying across a tear in the fabric. She’d turn it over and go again… Continue reading
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Co-incidence?
Uncanny: last year we were at this 👆 place like at this👇 photograph, courtesy Rochelle Wisoff- Fields, Friday Fictioneers. Thankyou! I needed a Reminder… 2019, early summer. The bio-dome hosted hundreds of butterfly …our 18 year old blind Joh was at peace, no aggression. We weren’t worrying about the things he couldn’t see, just grateful… Continue reading
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Wednesday Wondergirl
She will be 20 in less than a week, loves high heels, and cooking, oh purple soft toy unicorns….my little girl has grown into a caring sensitive funloving young woman with a heart for social work(majoring in it). She showed me this sketch of hers, titled: Mending. Has she had some rough teen years? Yes.… Continue reading
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I’ve loved You before but not how I love You now…
India, soil of my bones: song of my soul. Heal my darling One who birthed my verse, my hunger, my thirst… Continue reading
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This weeks smile!
Joy in the morning Today I woke up with an absence of pain in the area they call heart. As I write this Joh gives me another smile, but wider. I’m fumbly with wonder. It’s been a long year of post seizure med reactions erggghhh! There were days we couldn’t even pray or smile. This… Continue reading
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Pause calmly ….Selah!
Much to un-think here, @ a 3 hour drive from Bangalore city, into tiny growing town. Continue reading
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Word of the Decade!
Has one Word stood out for you among billion billion others this past decade? Heavens… which would I have picked? The American Dialect Society* picks T H E Y: a gender neutral pronoun. The ADS* has been compiling Words of the Year, the past 30 years; Chairperson, Ben Zimmer: ‘When a basic part of speech… Continue reading
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What do you see?
First Monday prompt 2020 Continue reading
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Hands on, rage.
I love it when You speak to me…. Continue reading
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21 conclusions that renew me:
These past months I’ve come to a few (21!)conclusions that renew me; warning though…long post. Appreciating people is a craft all its own: it breaks barriers in Invisibility & Understanding of human co-existence. (You being here with comment, follow, share: made blogging a truly creative experience for me. My best liked Post was this here,… Continue reading
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New Years Tag
Thank you so much Matt Kohrell for creating this tag here, and Pooja G for the amazing personality you are in blogosphere. Hey tags can be used well I’m sure, and this is such an inter-person-connective way to end the year. We have a few hours left, but if you’d like 1: Share a link back to… Continue reading
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Angel unawares
She found us on a railway platform, Bangalore East; was fascinated by our daughter’s phone and finger ring. Then she wouldn’t leave us; half hour later I was curious to see her family, was she alone? Were there more pretty eyes like hers, gold amber, dark with long lashes…. You could get trapped between tears… Continue reading
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Unafraid
Never be afraid, even of the Light. It isn’t what we know. It puts the Dark to flight: Continue reading
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Ring of fire
Beautiful terrible ring in the sky, I spy you through a glass darkly, among other things I do not understand but grasp at. Continue reading
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Joseph’s lost head & that Other fantastic Noel!
We took them out one by one. Joseph has lost his little clay head and there’s no time to fix him back so I cover his torso with a tiny cane head piece. Can you spot Joseph? Our son Johann is blind and yes he put out each figure like last Christmas, but this time,… Continue reading
