All things must pass

February 16, 2014
  All created things must pass. Strive on, diligently.  ~the Buddha's final words Once we get older than 50 or so, people we know (or know of) start dying in...
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Loving it forward–and every which way

February 15, 2014
Sometimes we forget how far we have traveled while we are looking ahead to the next steps. Good to lie down and remember what it took to get this far, all those karmic...
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Love, old + new

February 14, 2014
The innocence of old Valentine's Day cards speaks of a simpler age, when love was sweet and touching. Don't you love historical valentines?   So it's good that we...
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Lord of the Flies in real life

February 13, 2014
I live in an area of my city that has a name. The truth is, we're on the outside edge of this area, which boasts a several-block-long shopping and dining district that...
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Do kids today sew?

February 12, 2014
I had to sew a missing button on a velvet jacket the other day. As I dug through my old sewing tin, something I rarely do anymore, I remembered watching my grandmother...
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The purpose of Amish shunning

February 11, 2014
Image credit "But have you seen the second half of the documentary, the part about shunning?" a friend asked me after I blogged about this documentary. I hadn't, but...
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What’s in a name?

February 10, 2014
  My name is...well, what IS my name? Spammers think it's CLARE.  That's who they write to when they email me. CLARE.  If this CLARE took spammers up on half the...
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You’re so Gangsta.

February 9, 2014
Do we come in to the world with our sense of self? Or is it something that develops over time? The nature or nurture argument is an old one, and it comes to mind every...
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Intimidate you? Right.

February 8, 2014
Yes, in my single, young womanhood,  this was an issue. Not even that young--maybe mid-30s in age, the mid-1980s in era. Back in the days when we women were straddling...
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Best in Show–for real!

February 7, 2014
We are en route to New York City and the crazy, wonderful Westminster Dog Show.  That's because one of the cutest French Bulldogs we know will be competing.  Rocky is...
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