Now & Then & Etc
My place to narrate happenings and thoughts now, or to post from writing archives my experiences then. (Also, a calendar of big-floor dances in and near Port Townsend.)
Category: inspiration
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“Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love! Every seed is awakened, and all animal life. It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even…
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When I wake up and need something to start my brain and set me on a positive course, and conversely when I’m ending my day and I need to relax my brain, I’ve learned that reading of the good that someone has done works for me. I just finished the book Voyage of Mercy by…
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At least once a week, often on a Sunday (my day of rest and catch up), I read or listen to, or I watch some story of someone doing good, to refresh my spirit and to recharge—knowing that there are people working toward the good. Recently I read a People magazine commemoration edition about Jimmy…
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We dance—we live, learn, and loveplay and cry Life is a dance—a swirling of people and eventscolors and feelingscreating beautiful togetherness We fall, we risesometimes rough, sometimes flairlife’s lessons learned The beat carries laughter and tearsthe rhythm flows on, a river to the seawe spill into eternity. Be on the floor when the band playsas…
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My sister and I spoke on the phone. It was a routine “how are you doing?” call, and during it she told me she loves me, and I replied I love her. She related how, when we were children, I’d asked her to draw designs on my cassette-tape cases. I lauded the drawings, which made…
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Days roll by—for that is life—and each night before I go to bed I think, “What worthwhile did I do today?” I do my day using a to-do list, but what I’ve added to that habit, and which brightens my being, is to write my dones into a calendar notebook at the end of the…
Now & Then & Etc 