Gifted
Every week when Lindsay came home from the grocery store she’d find a special treat in her brown paper grocery sacks, a gift from the flirtatious bag boy who seemed [...]
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Jan, 2024
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Dec, 2023
Happy Holidays!
As the solstice brings the return of light, as Christians celebrate the birth of the Light of the World, may we feel the blessings of Divine Energy which surrounds us [...]
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Dec, 2023
Meditations on an Advent Wreath
Long ago, in the pagan cultures of the far north, work and travel were severely limited by cold and snow as days grew shorter. Farmers and their families would remove [...]
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Dec, 2023
When the Time Travel Agent Asks When and Where
I choose San Francisco because I miss ocean air. I’ve been sleep walking in a dusty valley but the air in San Francisco is cold and saline. When you walk [...]
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Dec, 2023
I am out with lanterns, looking for myself
I was walking on top of the river levee one morning in early December, before the solstice. The river was looking healthy and full despite our years of drought, but [...]
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Nov, 2023
Happy Thanksgiving!
I pray and affirm that we are a courageous and compassionate people, eager to heal racism, misogyny, homophobia, and hatred, to create a culture that values all life, that treasures [...]
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Nov, 2023
Big Love
As the holidays approach, we may encounter way too many opportunities to indulge in a bit of unhealthy eating. And so I've decided to share again this cautionary tale of [...]
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Nov, 2023
Blue Danube
When Fawny walks alone, and she walks alone often, she keeps the river on her left and the levee on her right, so she won’t get lost. But on this [...]
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Nov, 2023
One Tiny Moth Hole
Matilda parked Grandma under the tree while she hung the wet sheets on the line. “I love the smell of fresh laundry,” Grandma said as she watched her hired care [...]
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Oct, 2023
Memorie and the Coyote
This is a reprint of one of my most popular stories, a fun little mystery for October. Enjoy! Memorie is in a cozy pace, propped up with pillows and notebook, [...]