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Sustenance: One Hour Slow
Over Memorial Day weekend, we stayed at a guesthouse in Leicester, NC. The house was solar powered, completely off the grid. Its water came from a spring-fed creek, delivered by gravity. With a propane stove and refrigerator, all our needs … Continue reading
Sustenance: Take a Breath
We take our first breath the moment we are born, and not until our last breath at the moment we die do we cease to depend on the air that surrounds us. Although most of us rarely attend conscious thought … Continue reading
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Sustenance: Life Force
There is an ancient fragment of pre-Christian Irish poetry called the Cauldron of Poesy which I have spent many hours over many years studying. Like most things we call wisdom literature, it continues to speak to us today, if we … Continue reading
Sustenance: Sleeping In
We all know of the importance of getting enough sleep, yet so many of us are challenged to do so. It’s so difficult for us to let go of the feeling of forward motion of the day, that we stretch … Continue reading
Sustenance: What to do with God?
I have a long and winding journey with “God.” I know and accept that what anyone calls “god” is known by many names and no names. People I love, dearly and fiercely, do not believe in “God” at all. I know … Continue reading
Sustenance: Saying “Yes!”
Just as long as I have breath, I must answer, ‘Yes’ to life; though with pain I made my way, still with hope I meet each day. If they ask what I did well, tell them I said, ‘Yes’, to … Continue reading
Sustenance: Acceptance
Perhaps you have been following the unfolding stories of horror around how children and their unmarried mothers were treated in Ireland from the 1800’s until the 1960’s in so called “homes” run largely by orders of Catholic nuns. As is … Continue reading