The Art of the Moment

Crossposted to Holy Leftovers.
It’s been my custom for many years, now, to take a vacation from work during the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s Day. It’s a time of general reflection on where I am and who I’ve become, what I’ve done and what’s been accomplished. This year, it’s also been a realization of [...]

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How much we leave behind as we move through life! We change. We move from one place to another, both physically and mentally. The people we knew in particular surroundings, we no longer know, since their paths have taken them in new directions without reference to us.
Family traditions are like that. Would the Christmas [...]

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Even though we had expected some snow, waking up to six inches of it was a surprise. In spite of all, the day must continue, including some necessary chores. Al has headed off to Moorhead to work on the continuing problems with the VHF repeater. Not how he had planned to spend his week’s vacation. [...]

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Balance in life is important. It’s hard to achieve, these days, with so much pushing and pulling and noise and rapid movement all around one. The title of a book by Sören Kierkegaard comes to mind, this morning: Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing. The one thing, of course, is Good. One wills [...]

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Here is a PDF Christmas Present of the picture below that can be printed on an 8.5×11″ paper.

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This is wind-down time for me. At the end,beginning of the year, I take some time off to rest, relax, and regroup. Exploring the use of WordPress for displaying some of my poetry and prose should be a good way to do so.
I am going to do some exploring of layout for the blog, I [...]

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There are things in this world that I can have a positive effect on, and there are things that I can’t. There are things I am called to do, and things that I’m not called to, no matter how much I wish I were. If I recognize what’s happening, then there’s less chance that I’ll [...]

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      The Advent season is the reminder that hope is not a refuge for fools; rather, it is justified faith in One who makes Himself known to us. Battered by the mockery of skeptics and dazzled by the proofs of scientific method, it is easy to fall into the trap of scoffing at God’s [...]

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snow-clad memories
lie asleep among dry leaves
dreaming of springtime

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Tying in with my previous post, I’d like to share with you “Time at the Table,” by Kay Pere, who’s a long-time member of the Artist’s Way Grads mailing list I belong to.
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Performed by Kay Pere, with Bill Pere and LUNCH.

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