Surprises and faith
posted over 4 years ago | 2 comments
When my daughter was about 10 or 11, she decorated a small wooden box as a gift for me one Christmas. She painted a stylized picture representing a mother and child and then glued little leaves around the edges. I've treasured the box ever since.
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Keeping my balance
posted over 4 years ago, updated 4 minutes later | 2 comments
Picture a simple photo of three smooth stones balanced (rather precariously, it seems) one on top of the other. It's a common zen image used for meditation.
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[I can't find the secret of getting good photos off the web without having to pay or inf...
Reflections
posted over 4 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 0 comments
The bonsai is carefully pruned and cared for by its gardener, both the branches above the soil in which it is planted and the roots below. Its shape and the direction of its growth is subtly--or dramatically--altered by what is cut away and by wha...
Book fairies and other gifts from the universe
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 7 hours later | 2 comments
As I tried--but failed--to post a picture here and was beginning to despair that I'll ever get the hang of this computer stuff, I heard a faint sound outside my door. When I went to look, I found a bag with two books inside from an unknown gift-gi...
