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The Giving Season and the Thoughtful Giver
It’s that time of year again. Since before Hallowe’en, US stores have been sneaking Christmas items onto their shelves. Blue and silver Hannakuh wrapping paper and red and green Christmas candies have appeared everywhere, and seasonal music has begun playing … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Faith, Family, Finances, Giving Back, Ruminations
Tagged Charity, Donations, Giving Tuesday, Holiday Giving
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Do I Really Have My Father’s Eyes?
All my life, I’ve been told I had my father’s eyes. Family lore has it that a complete stranger came up to my mother at a county park when I was a baby, pointed to my rosy cheeks and impossibly … Continue reading
Posted in Health Issues, Retirement itself
Tagged Cataracts, Eye Care, Glaucoma, Near-Sighted
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Symbols of Cities and Lands
Some landmarks are iconic – a single image of them conjures the names of the places they represent. They become symbols of their locations… Like the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower in Paris… The Great Wall of China… Tower Bridge in … Continue reading
Land Meets Water
In May, my beloved and I went out to the West Coast for a family wedding, and took advantage of the time to do some travel and sightseeing in the Bay area and north. These are some images from small … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Challenges, Recreation, Travelogues
Tagged Beaches, lifestyle, photography, photos, Shores, Weekly Travel Theme
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The Ephemeral Nature of Days… and of Gratitude
Morning has broken like the first morning Blackbird has spoken like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for them springing fresh from the Word Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from Heaven Like … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Ruminations
Tagged aging, ephemeral, Gratitude, nature, outdoors, Photo Challenges, postaday, Weekly Travel Theme
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The Value of Connections – MS Awareness Week
Well, I signed on to my blog to do this post, and as it happens, today is the 3rd anniversary of the registration of this blog! It hardly seems possible. In that time, there have been days when I spent … Continue reading
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