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Honda Pavarotti
Honda Pavarotti by Tony Hoagland Continue reading
Posted in Discoveries, Quotations
Tagged Garrison Keillor, inspiration, Luciano Pavarotti, poetry, Tony Hoagland, Writer's Almanac
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Common as Mud
When I think of work, I always think of this poem by Marge Piercy, and its intimations of submerging ourselves in the tasks, of getting down in the mud, of grounding. This is not typically the vision we are given of a spiritual path, all sweetness and light. However, it is consistent with the Eastern view of the lotus flower, grounded in the muck, but emerging sweetly and purely above the surface of the water. Continue reading
Superheroes
Stan Lee said: “[I decided to create] the kind of characters I could personally relate to. They’d be flesh and blood … they’d be fallible and feisty, and — most important of all — inside their colorful, costumed booties they’d still have feet of clay.” Continue reading
Posted in Experiences, Quotations
Tagged Garrison Keillor, personal change, seasons, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, the self, winter, Writer's Almanac, yoga
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The Growing Dark
The moon was new at 3:42 am here, adding to the darkness of these days that shorten with the approach to the Solstice, just over a week away. A yoga friend posts bravely to Facebook, imagining the possibility of her … Continue reading
Posted in Discoveries, Quotations
Tagged autumn, change, Garrison Keillor, Mary Oliver, poetry, seasons, winter, Writer's Almanac
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