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Seven – Explained
150. Seven – Explained I believe that William Wordsworth’s poem “We Are Seven” is a powerful narrative poem. As I read it for the first time, I found myself near tears at this little girl’s calm insistence that her brother and her sister who…
Seven
149. Seven Today I share with you a favorite poem of mine. Tomorrow I will share my connections with this poem. It’s powerful if you read it out loud. — We Are Seven by William Wordsworth — —A simple child, That lightly draws its…
The Lists from Sandy
148. The Lists from Sandy Have you noticed people making lists and saying “These are the things I’m going to change before there’s another storm like Sandy.” My dentist said, “This is not going to happen again to me in the same way—next time…
Sandy—Ten Day Effect
147. Sandy—Ten Day Effect I did postings many days in advance of the Storm Sandy and that’s what you’ve been reading. Now I’m typing this on Thursday, November 8, and it will be posted on Monday, November 12. Today we are on Day 10…
The Lord’s Prayer / Part 2
146 – The Lord’s Prayer / Part 2 Yesterday I posted about the anthem “The Lord’s Prayer,” published by Abingdon Press. It was written by Mark Miller and Laurie Zelman, words adapted from Matthew 6:9-13. And yesterday I wrote about the usual line “lead…
New Words to the Lord’s Prayer
145. New Words to the Lord’s Prayer A few years ago, Abingdon Press put out an anthem titled “The Lord’s Prayer.” The words were adapted from Matthew 6:9-13 by Mark Miller and Laurie Zelman. It can also be found in “Worship & Song,” the…
It’s Never Too Late To Dance
144. It’s Never Too Late to Dance I’ve written about dancing before. Some day in September I wrote about dancing every day at the beginning of the day and at the end of the day. Want to guess how long that lasted? But the…
Use the Braille Method
143. Use the Braille Method A few days ago I mentioned a workshop I attended with Stephen Levine. One of the wonder-filled things he said is that when it comes to our own dying or someone else who is close to us dying we…
In Vulnerability, Take Risks
142. In Vulnerability, Take Risks I found when I was going to clown workshops that it wasn’t easy for me to be a clown. For one thing I got comparative, convinced that others were better clowns than I was. But also there’s something mysterious…
We Are Each In Charge
141. We Are Each In Charge I went to a one-day 1984 workshop with Stephen and Ondrea Levine outside of Boston and one of the things Stephen Levine said was how important ti was to let the person who is dying be in charge…
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