Tag Archives: stories

Pumpkin pie for the soul, messy closet & other ordinary stories

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Kathy

Life is just life. Appearing as it’s appearing, moment after moment. Whether we like it or not. Whether we stamp it with approval or long to toss it in the garbage. Seeing the Holy is a way of glimpsing the … Continue reading →

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Apples, bananas, mammogram & some Mooji

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Kathy

It’s day 31 of this 75 day spiritual commitment. One month has passed already, days falling away like autumn leaves off poplar, oak and maple trees. I am sitting here at the computer this morning aware of a silent background … Continue reading →

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Winter winked its lazy ice-blue eye at us this morning.

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Kathy

Winter winked its lazy ice-blue eye at us this morning. Thirty seven autumn degrees, it nodded. Prepare thyselves. I am coming. Just around the pumpkin bend. Dig up those garden carrots. Finish those bunching onions. I’m coming first for the … Continue reading →

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Primitive, prehistoric, bygone, lost, irrevocable, lapsed, expired, run out, ended, finished

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Kathy

A heavy-hearted moment is upon me. This moment has been coming for years and years and years. It is time. Time to throw away my cherished childhood friend.  She that accompanied me through crushes, pimples and teenage angst.  She that … Continue reading →

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Mystical green hat and red shoes

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Kathy

Years ago I wanted to tell you a story. Unfortunately, I wasn’t blogging at that time.  Taking a break, as you’d have it. So the story was swallowed away into memory. Today I am going to share the story of … Continue reading →

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I have been eaten by caterpillars & other early September stories

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Kathy

  This morning a leaf beckoned me to open the deck door and walk outside.  Come, come, it whispered.  I am covered with dew.  I am a harbinger of autumn, even though most of your leaves still sing in green.  … Continue reading →

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Serendipity, a light house & wind-blown hair

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Kathy

I am downstate visiting my mom and dad now, having previously added these photos to Word Press during a very busy morning last Friday while preparing to depart. These images come to you from Big Bay, Michigan, where Suzi Banks … Continue reading →

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What makes you shine? (the tale of a book tour…)

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Kathy

Hello, dear reader, you with your stories, with hands that create breakfast, lunch and dinner along with many mysteries. I am finally returning from the Giving Motherhood a Voice tour through our fair Upper Peninsula.  The waves of Lake Michigan … Continue reading →

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Don’t be afraid to scale down beside waterfalls.

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Kathy

I could tell you stories. Every walk in nature writes a novella. If you look carefully you can find the characters, the plot, the resolution. Would you like to read four short stories?  (I promise they shall be short.)  At … Continue reading →

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It’s a miracle!

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Kathy

I am reading the book “Dying to be Me:  My Journey from Cancer to Near Death, to True Healing” by Anita Moorjani.  I first heard of the book through Marianne’s blog.  Monday night, at the township meeting held in extreme … Continue reading →

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