Date: September 30, 2013
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The Beauty in Balance
The still warm afternoon sun of late September was streaming through the leaves and branches of the chestnut tree from which the hammock was hung. Navigating to the center of the swinging bed can be no small feat, even for the nimble. The view from the comfort of that perch was enriched by the majesty […]
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Chew on This
Gracie, my Golden Retriever, has an affinity for a piece of rolled up rawhide. She lies patiently chewing on the seemingly endless supply of hardened hide, making some headway and enjoying every nibble of the journey. She has three other toys between which she alternates. Her knotted and braided rope is flung haphazardly about the […]
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John Brown’s Eyes
In my sales training days we used a phrase that became the foundation for broader understanding. To sell John Brown what John Brown buys, you must see John Brown through John Brown’s eyes. (For the fact finder, John Brown was an abolitionist in the mid nineteenth century.) This statement runs contrary to the common thought […]
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In The Garden
The air is crisp and the sun is rising as the dew reflects the light’s embrace. Lettuce leaves stand erect, full of moisture and snap easily at the twist of my nimble fingers. Blackberry, the rabbit is about to be served his morning feast of freshly harvested greens, satiating his quest for daily sustenance. Green […]
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In The Moment
Light is peeking through the tops of the trees. The leaves are beginning their display of color, ever so slightly now. The air is crisp while the fresh smell of dew embraces with a sense of wonder. The pond water reflects the blue-green hues of its surroundings and is calmly absent the ripples of summer […]
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Love’s Response
Original post date 09/23/2013 Recently I witnessed someone declare that they loved this one person so much they would die for them. The declaration was meant to be an attestation of the level of unrequited adoration felt for the one who was the object of his love. As I pondered that somewhat romantic but nonetheless […]
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The Presence
The stillness is palpable. The sound of rain falling gently on the tin roof spreads a rhythmic embrace to all within. Calm engulfs the space otherwise consumed with banter, chatter, or the distant sound of trucks descending the northbound hill toward the creek. Memories of years ago when in this same house, a moment of […]
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Agnes Bathes
Agnes lopped gleefully toward the bathroom. It was bath morning for the four month old Great Pyrenees. Forty five pounds of gigantic fluff surrounding a solid mass of goat herding muscle had to be coaxed into the waiting tub. One spray from the shower head and the otherwise docile doggie was ready to leap to […]
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The Gem
It was approaching 110◦ that day in late May in Odhav as the motorized rickshaw crossed the stream of green effluent being discharged from a nearby pharmaceutical plant. The compound we entered was connected to the ashram we had been directed to visit by the Director for Human Services for the state of Gujarat, India. […]
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Intent of Attention
Gracie, the Golden Retriever, sits enthralled as she watches the antics of Blackberry, the bunny. Blackberry seems to know that he’s being watched, so his frittering from here to there in his confined space appears to be a direct desire to either show off or more probably to chase his observer away. Soon Gracie loses […]
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