123. Quiet Talk I’m a believer in non-violence and often wonder if I got in a risky situation if I would panic or if I would use some of the tactics that have been shown to work. My friend, Ben Logan, was leaving New York City a number...
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October 19, 2012 Ann
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122. The Mid-Town Pier I was reading through my poetry the other day and found this poem. See what you think— — The Mid-Town Pier — I was sittin’ on the pier the mid-town pier where it’s quiet at dusk prayin’ you know watchin’ the wind ripple the...
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October 18, 2012 Ann
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121. The Drummers Praise I was reading Psalm 150 tonight and noticing the various instruments it mentions: trumpet, lute, harp, tambourine, strings, pipe, clanging cymbals, loud clashing cymbals. And I thought how strange that it never even mentions the drum. Well, anyway, years ago I had a friend...
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October 17, 2012 Ann
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120. Boundary or No Boundary In the late 70’s I read a book by Ken Wilber titled No Boundary. It had ideas in it which fit at the time into a number of my own intuitive feelings, gut feelings, sometimes very strange feelings. Wondering feelings about what is...
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October 16, 2012 Ann
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119. Stacks, Fog, Breath, New Start Each morning I “walk” a lap labyrinth, then color a mandala (just a plain circle into which I put whatever I want), then write a page of reflection. Let me describe it for you. At the bottom of the mandala are six...
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October 15, 2012 Ann
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118. Take Tarts I had a woman in one of my writing classes a number of years ago, who had a favorite saying. She said it was a West Virginia-ism. It was: Take tarts when tarts is passin’. Lately I’ve been thinking about that saying and even following...
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October 14, 2012 Ann
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117. Same / Different Person I was thinking the other day about how through my life I have changed and shifted, how I started and how I am today, and wondering how many other shifts I will make before I die. I think that some of the shifts...
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October 13, 2012 Ann
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116. Mother May I Did you ever ask permission. I did—over and over again—first from my mother, then my teachers, then…it just went on and on. But there came a day when I dawned on me that I needed to stop. I need to figure it out for...
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October 12, 2012 Ann
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115. Kum Ba Yah Another children’s choir story centered around “Kum Ba Yah.” It didn’t take us long to learn it, because many of them already knew it. And so after they had it well in hand, we added the American Sign Language signs to it. After a...
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October 11, 2012 Ann
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114. Lonesome Valley I love some moments of worship. When I was directing the children’s choir at New City United Methodist Church, the children learned “Lonesome Valley.” After they were pretty secure with it, I said that for the last verse I wanted them to walk around and...
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October 10, 2012 Ann
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