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Feb.25.2010
The Tapestry
My husband and I were excited when our new tapestry of the Royal Palace arrived in the mail. It is an imported copy of the original, designed by Charles LeBrun in the late 17th century and woven at the Royal Gobelins Workshops in Paris for Louis XIV. ...
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Feb.24.2010
Preparing for a university lecture I'm giving this week, I found myself typing this rather unexpected sentence:
"Writing, my friends, is a forgiving process."
I looked up from the screen. I tried to conjure the incredulous faces of the students in Malloy 020. I tried to guess at their...
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Feb.14.2010
Great bird news this week! We've finally - after about four or five attempts and many miles covered - spotted a Great Grey Shrike on our trip to the New Forest yesterday, hurrah. Such a beautiful bird and a real pleasure to see. Especially as we'd just given up and were returning to the car when...
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Feb.07.2010
Last night, a friend of mine wrote on the writers blog "Boxing the Octopus" of her struggle with her stubbornly unfinished book. Her post, here, is definitely worth a read. After very cogentIy summing up the flaw near the beginning of her manuscript, and honestly describing her tears of...
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Feb.05.2010
“I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, “Move from here to there” and it will move. Nothing will be impossible to you.” –Matthew 17:20
As we move through hard times, it is quite challenging to remain true to one’s faith and to keep a...
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Feb.03.2010
My friends, when you are feeling small and inconsequent, or worry that your work may be small and inconsequent, please undertake the following exercise.
Imagine lifting your own weight over your head. Do this deliberately, and in this way: Imagine that you are standing in front of yourself. ...
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Feb.02.2010
“Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem and expect abundance on every level.” ~ Eileen Caddy
The past few days have been unusual ones for Raleigh NC – an uncharacteristic snow storm for the area, coupled with extremely low temperatures, has turned this southern city...
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Jan.29.2010
Friends at the Theatre.
I asked a friend of mine if she would like to join me for a day at the seashore. She is going through challenging times, and I thought that a change of scenery would be good for both of us. Instead, we decided on a movie, because she wasn’t up to a two-hour...
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Jan.24.2010
"We are confronted with a fierce urgency of now."--Martin Luther King, Jr., from I Have A Dream
The incredible world-destroying 7.0 earthquake that erased life as Haiti knew it January 12, 2010, has taken more lives than anyone is either able, prepared, or willing to count. It is the...
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Jan.24.2010
I’d like to share a story which I hope will inspire you as much as it inspired me.It is a story of courage, determination and, most of all, faith. It is the story of a man named Anicet, who came to America to follow a dream.
His family and friends in Africa had helped him gather enough money for...
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