Category: Ten Things of Thankful,
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0503: Ten Things of Thankful
1) Attention to detail. There is sheer joy in the beauty of noticing things. (the iron hinge on the village church door.) Things are old around here — I’m thankful that they’re appreciated. 2) Snowdrops in the church graveyard. Every spring they bloom over the heads of those below. No, it is not morbid or…
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2602: Ten Things of Thankful
1) I am thankful that when he woke in the middle of the night, hungry, and prepared an apple—leaving the core and knife on the kitchen countertop overnight—that it was an apple rather than ice cream. 2) Never turn your back on the dead. That orchid that I declared dead a few weeks ago, is…
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2002: Ten Things of Thankful
1) It’s still raining but I’m thankful for the occasional thin winter sunshine that encourages anemones blossoms to open. 2) I was claustrophobic, cooped-up indoors from rain rain rain, so I took a walk on a rare bright morning, and discovered a knoll of snowdrops. The wild garlic has also broken through the muddy clay…
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1402: Ten Things of Thankful
We’ve had 42 days of rain, not all day (thankfully!), but the reservoirs are full again (thankful), and the water tables are nearly where they should be (thankful) — however the lawn is completely slurpy-squishy, which isn’t going to percolate deeper any time soon. But this week reminded me that gratitude is often not loud,…
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0502: Ten Things of Thankful
1. Thankful that I looked up and saw Imbolc’s full moon looking down at me through February’s bare branches. Taken with my iPhone. 2. Thankful for absolutely fabulous words: Borborology n. filthy talk; ribaldry. Obsolete (what a pity) circa 1645 3. That my toes weren’t crushed. I managed to slip the drawer, the one under…
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3001: Ten Things of Thankful
This week, Sussex had stargazing evenings. It’s such an English way of thinking: in sideways rain, floods, and horizontal wind, cheerfully announcing a stargazing tonight. There’s something very ‘me’ about that, too. A stubborn, hopeful tilt of the chin. Clouds? Cold? Wet? Never mind. The stars are up there somewhere. I’ll stand in a field…
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22 Jan: Ten Things of Thankful
1.) …were you eaten by a cat; were you hit by a car; did a fox get you while your back was turned? Those were my thoughts for 2 weeks while my crow, who’s not my crow and never will be my crow, had a strop because I was away in Colombia. I am thankful…
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1701: Ten Things of Thankful
1. Thankful for the warmth and comfort from a big pot of homemade soup. It’s good for all that ails. 2. The first hint of spring as crocus leaves appear through the crisp edge of frost. 3. Sunshine and blue sky on Tuesday. The fences steamed as the thawed. 4. This week’s Six Sentence Stories. I had a…
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0801: Ten Things of Thankful
I’m back home after a glorious holiday with family. I am thankful to have seen a Savannah Hawk land a few metres away from me (in Anapoima Colombia). Its wingspan was so large that when it took flight, I felt the pressure of the air under its wings. To see the night sky in all…
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01.01: Ten Things of Thankful
I am still in Colombia, and in the loving arms of my two grandchildren and family. We left Bogotá the day after Christmas for Anapoima, which is a much lower altitude at 710 meters (2,329 feet). We’re in the mystical Magdalena River Valley. I’m thankful to be in Colombia: Back home in Sussex it’s -6℃.…
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