Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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This morning I sought inspiration through an online search on the words “dancer’s wisdom.” I found a link to a BBC piece on 77-year-old ballet dancer Suzelle Poole, still dancing, still teaching and looking back on a 70-year career. Here’s the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP214lJtKlM After watching, I saw that the video was created…
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It’s pretty easy for me to get ensnared in outrage these days. But pragmatism suggests that it makes more sense to choose appropriate emotional responses, rather than react to every little (or big) thing. I’m returning to my morning ritual: starting the day with poetry rather than news. For that, The Poetry Foundation provides an…
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Last summer, I took a stem cutting from a neighbor’s beautiful climbing white rose, dipped the stem in rooting powder, stuck it in a little soil in a clear plastic takeout container, watered it, put the lid on (key to maintaining the moist environment starts need) and set it in a window. It grew roots…
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