Auld Lang Syne, the song we often sing at the turn of the New Year, is thought to have been composed by (or at least compiled by) Scottish poet Robert Burnes in 1788. The origin …
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Resolutions or Resilience
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Three Candles for Remembering
Two weeks ago, my partner and I decorated our house for the holidays. We put up a tree and the lights, hung the ornaments. Like many people, a lot of our decorations have sentimental meaning. …
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Unexpected Sparks
Earlier this month, my partner and I spent a long weekend in Woodstock, Vermont. It was pretty much peak foliage. I imagined we would see some bright leaves, which we did. The mountainsides were covered …
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Thin Places – The Infinite Whatever
I’ve long been intrigued by thin places. In Celtic tradition, thin places are locations where the energy between this world and the eternal thins. In these places, we become more aware of our connection to …
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The Art of Imperfection
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer and powdered gold. It originated when the Emperor shattered his favorite cup. The cup was sent to China for repair but it was returned …
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Is That Love in the Air?
Valentine’s Day is almost upon us. This time of year brings back childhood memories of preparing my Valentine box for school and addressing cards for each of my classmates. It also reminds me of celebrating …
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Honor the Dark
“Hello, darkness my old friend.” I’m that strange sort of person who likes the shorter days. I feel comforted when the darkness descends early. I like to feel wrapped in it, like a quilt, with …
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Holiday Expectations and Realities
How are you feeling about the holidays this year? Excited? Apprehensive? Sad? Disappointed? A bit of each? Back in March, when the world first entered Covid lock-down, most of us couldn’t imagine it continuing this …
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Thanksgiving During Covid
“Happy Thanksgiving!” Those words land differently this year. Our gatherings this week probably won’t look much like gatherings of previous years. A few days ago, my Facebook feed shared a memory from two years ago …
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Fall Like a Leaf
Like many people, (especially here in the Northeast) autumn is my favorite season. There is something about the change of the air in late August, when the nights get cooler and the days crisp, that …
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