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Belonging to the Family of Things

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Bob Patrick

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting over and over announcing your place in the family of things.* We want the family of … Continue reading →

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April 29–Nature: The Power of Sh*t

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Bob Patrick

I admit that the title was a cheap sh*t and an attempt to get your attention.  I want to talk about a compost bin that we once had in our backyard.  Something happened there that I know happens in most … Continue reading →

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April 26–Nature: The Bathroom

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Bob Patrick

There is nothing more natural than the urge to go relieve oneself.  In more polite terms we call it the urge to go to the bathroom.  Most of us have the privilege of taking that urge and the immediate location … Continue reading →

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April 25–Nature: Expectations

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Bob Patrick

I spent the better part of two hours recently visiting a panel discussion sponsored by the Johns Creek PFLAG entitled: Understanding Transgender Issues.  With 50 families with transgender members, this one chapter of PFLAG has had to create a subsection of … Continue reading →

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April 2–Nature: What we do

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Bob Patrick

As I write this, I am sitting in the Baltimore airport awaiting a connection.  I’m watching people.  In fact, I sat in an airport restaurant eating lunch earlier so that I could look out and watch people.  I’ve been given … Continue reading →

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Awe and Wonder: Other–no other

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Bob Patrick

We have considered things outside of us that bring us to wonder.  We have considered things inside of us that bring us to wonder.  Among these might be examples of both:  things that come out of human creativity that often … Continue reading →

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Awe and Wonder: Born Again, and Again . . .

Posted on March 29, 2016 by admin

I loved my mom my whole life and I love her still in my heart. In her whole life on this earth she was doing the very best that she could with what she had to live through herself – … Continue reading →

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