Monthly Archives: September 2016

Gratitudes that slipped away, almost.

I almost forgot these two things: By chance I met a woman sculptor, an artist and teacher. I always enjoy meeting her. She was telling me about her current show and asked me what I was doing. For some reason, … Continue reading

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A List of Gratitudes

Today is a good day to make a list, short or long of things remembered and good. In no particular order: This morning, I never touched the brakes going over the two one lane bridges near my house. I don’t … Continue reading

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One more thing

I almost forgot to mention that Saturday I saw what I hadn’t seen in two years of one lane bridges in my little hamlet: someone who stopped at the red stoplight and then decided, what the heck, to just go … Continue reading

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September 11, Fifteen Years Later

REMEMBER Photo by Pearl Yee Wong of the Michigan State University Museum Last year I wrote: I’ll be spending today quietly, thinking and doing “normal” things. That’s always the contrast isn’t it, what had been normal and this instant where … Continue reading

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September 10, 2001

In 2001, I’d been up visiting my parents at Brant Lake for a few days. I was considering a big life change and had gone to get away and think about it and to make a decision and plan. I’d … Continue reading

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