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What it comes down to…
By Cynthia Swan Driving from my son’s home to my own After a late night babysitting my grandson, I drop into the stream of my
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An Old Navy Man
By Johanne LaRocque His coffee tastes of freshly tarred driveway Burning nostrils, stinging eyes, feeding Tendrils of bitterness sprouting from Inky black grounds of
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Mother’s Day 2014
By Laura K. Deal On this cold, wet, snowy Mother’s Day, my daughters study for their final exams, taking their education seriously, with the
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Shadowed windows open
By Karen Perrell Campbell Shadowed windows open Am I the guide or the guided Learning which path to take Opening the door to understanding? Am
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Just One Lemon
By Johanne LaRocque Started it all I went to Google For a curious look And found over 100 ways To use this fruit. I didn’t
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Interview with Andrew Austin
I’m delighted to share this interview I did with Andrew Austin, developer of the technique he calls Metaphors of Movement. By helping people fully imagine
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Tattoos in dreams
I recently heard a dream report of having leopard print tattoos on the forearms. The dreamer at first thought they were really cool, but later
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On seeing four photographs
By Catherine Woods I tumble quickly as my despair gathers momentum. The dinosaur’s skeletal remains on the floor, near the forgotten and forlorn chair,
Dolmen
A dolmen is a Neolithic stone tomb, usually with two side stones and a capstone that spans the distance between the side stones. They were,