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Life is not broken

Quote of the day:  “I’ve spent many years learning how to fix life, only to discover at the end of the day that life is not broken. There is a hidden seed of greater wholeness in everyone and everything. We serve life best when we water it and befriend it. When we listen before we act.”  — Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. in My Grandfather’s Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging Yesterday I went for a walk in my beloved woods. It was so magical and beautiful.  Being there fed my soul. I would have liked to have walked there Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

A Walk in the Woods

Quote of the day: “But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.” – Robert Frost As some of the last leaves were floating down on this calm sunny day, I decided to take a walk in one of my favorite places, Wolsfeld Woods Scientific and Natural Area.  These woods are a rare remnant of the original Big Woods that once covered a large part of south central Minnesota.  In the springtime,  I love to look for the early spring ephemeral wild flowers that bloom there before the trees Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Being Where I Am

Quote of the day: “Wherever you go, there you are.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn This morning I looked out the bedroom window and noticed the wonderful early morning light creating wonderful reflections on the pond behind our house.  I decided to head outdoors to make some photos while the light was great.  I was amazed at the beauty I saw within a block of my home.   It reminded me that I don’t need to go somewhere special to be who I am or to grow or learn or change. For years before I was laid off, I imagined that if Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Autumn Beauty

Quote of the day: “listen to your life. see it for the fathomless mystery that it is. touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.”  — buechner I’ve been out for little photography outings the past 3 mornings.  Here are a few photos from my wanderings.  I am savoring every moment of this lovely fall weather.

By Marilyn, ago

Walk in Beauty

Quote of the day:   “In beauty I walk   With beauty before me I walk   With beauty behind me I walk   With beauty above me I walk   With beauty around me I walk   It has become beauty again” — Walking in Beauty:  Part of Closing Prayer from the Navajo Way Blessing Ceremony I went to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum to wander and make photographs today.  Celebratory fall colors everywhere!  Even as I mourn the end of summer and coming of winter, I glory in today’s beauty.  May you walk in beauty always.         Read more…

By Marilyn, ago