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One more post about my trip to Pennsylvania. Seeing the sunrise is special. I saw this from the back porch one morning, resting with my tea in hand. Isn’t it something? Just sitting there and

If you read my previous blog, you know I was recently in Pennsylvania visiting my mom and sister. They are experiencing a drought. While we are literally swimming here in Southeastern NC, they have gotten

There are always chances to practice going with the flow. Two examples. I was in Pennsylvania this past week to do a project with my brother and sister. We reinstalled pavers and built elevated planter

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions. Hafiz Oh, dear Hafiz. 14th century Persian poet. Master of the mystical and the mundane. Simple and

It is interesting the way most of us walk in the world. We believe we have to protect ourselves, make our own way, take advantage of our good fortune and opportunities, make and save enough

I was reading the 78th Verse of the Tao Te Ching today. It speaks to the softness and yielding nature of water. The ability it has to easily find a way around an obstacle or

This is just too good not to share. Eckhart Tolle summing up his philosophy of life: What’s going on right now, and can I be with it? Nothing more to say.Paula

We’re not here just for our own self, we are here for others. We are an integral and essential part of the whole. Nothing we do is in isolation. Nothing we accomplish is ‘on our

Summertime is hustle time. There is so much to do and get done. Go, go, go. Everything is moving…and fast. Sometimes it’s exhausting. It’s all just too much. It reminds me how important it is