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Tag Archives: healing
Portraits of a War Photographer
Last week, between watching Sebastian Junger‘s beautiful film homage to his friend, Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? and reading Alan Huffman’s Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer, I feel like I knew this remarkable man. … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Bosnian war, Grief, healing, living with addiction, Love, time, war, work
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What a Painting Reveals
My remarkable friend Naomi in Kyoto, has generously featured a collage of mine on her website’s Chasing Writing in Art link. It’s humbling to be there with so many amazing artists. Here’s my collage and a few words. Please check out Naomi’s site … Continue reading
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Tagged Bosnian war, Grief, healing, Kyoto, memoir, motherhood, suicide, time, United Nations, war, writing
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Groundhog Wars Commence
The groundhog is lurking and ravenous as ever. A mysterious volunteer has appeared (does anyone know what this is?) next to the asparagus bed and it must be something good since the bastard has already been munching on it. We’re … Continue reading
Posted in Seasonal Musings
Tagged garden, groundhogs, healing, Love, nature, seasons, Spring
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Why aren’t we terrified to get out of bed in the morning? How is it that we can send our beloved children to venture out into the world on their own? Where do we find the courage when, like this … Continue reading
Exquisite Grief
These last (I hope) wintry days, I want to hunker down and hibernate. Call me when the daffodils are in bloom and all the last chunks of snow have melted. I’ll be reading. While not able to hide out under … Continue reading
Posted in Seasonal Musings
Tagged books, books on grief, Grief, healing, memoir, motherhood, suicide, time
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A Remembered Peace
Yesterday, although bitterly cold, was so bright and fresh, I wanted to be outside. I gathered twigs and branches as kindling for the fireplace. We’ve had a fire every night recently – a beautiful, antidote to the cold night – … Continue reading
Posted in Seasonal Musings
Tagged birds, garden, healing, learning to relax, light, meditation, morning, nature, seasons, solitude, walks
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Naked Suicide
Recently, the number of visitors to my blog increased incredibly. Why? The piece on the Newtown tragedy perhaps? It wouldn’t be my Department of Motor Vehicle post…who from Columbia, Romania or Turkey would be interested in that? No. The hits … Continue reading
“What Saves Us All Is Love”
Shadowed by the deaths of little children and their teachers, the holiday season in Connecticut passed heavy with sadness. Thoughts of grieving neighbors tempered every day. As I moved through my days at the bookstore, acknowledgement was shared in the … Continue reading
No Words
Reflecting on loss and moving beyond sadness is a theme of my writing, of this blog. The passage of time since my own experience makes it possible for me to write of it. Today, drowning in grief, I feel ill equipped. … Continue reading
Exquisite Pain
A full moon still glowed in early morning sky as I stepped into the cold to take Tetley out for his walk. Something about the quality of the light or the air or the moment, brought me back to a … Continue reading