Dear Readers,
Nearly four years ago I launched Images For Renewal and today, close to 500 posts later, it is time to turn over a new leaf: to substitute regular weekly and monthly submissions for spontaneous ones.
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From the category archives:
Monthly Post
The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow continue reading …
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To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.
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You’re a middle-aged woman living alone. It’s a very cold winter’s day … but sunny … so you give your cat a goodbye pat on the head and reluctantly venture outside to do your shopping. Before long, you’re rosy-cheeked and nearly chilled to the bone. Spotting a familiar refuge, you slip into the neighborhood café for a cup of tea and human camaraderie.
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My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird —
equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand.
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Sometimes it is better to keep some secrets to yourself, but at other times the truth simply needs to be told. Thus, now that I’m getting more mature and can make rational decisions on my own, I’d like to share this revealing story with other believers or non-believers.
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Bagdad Café, the 1987 comedy starring Marianne Sägebrecht and CCH Pounder, tells the story of newly-separated Jasmin, a German tourist, who one day wanders into a remote truck-stop in the Mojave Desert where she meets Brenda, its disgruntled proprietor.
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Fall inspires us because of its contrasts.
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At 10 am on August 25th ~ a lovely, sunny Saturday ~ Santa Cruz Edible Gardens Tour began, with participants free to explore sixteen public and private gardens, talk to the gardeners, and learn about growing and preparing nutritious food. Sponsored by Slow Food Santa Cruz, the event turned out to be an inspiration for new and experienced gardeners alike.
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Life is in constant flux.
Embrace change.
Life moves on.
Most of us will agree that these sayings are true. Nothing stays the same. To understand this truth deeply ~ flux, change, movement ~ is to live it.
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