For the past couple of weeks, we haven’t used our front door. We enter and exit through the garage so we don’t disturb the temporary home of a young family of purple finches nesting in our porch light. We don’t turn on the light on either, becaus…
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Making Friends With Solitude
I used to hate being alone. I remember as a teenager, aching for the phone to ring, rifling through my closet for something ‘cool’ to wear, wandering the halls of my university residence listening for signs of music and laughter. I was restless and bored being by myself. But not
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This morning, I have no intention of getting dressed. I have a cold and sore throat, but I’m not complaining, because I’m tucked up in a cosy robe, reading in a blissfully quiet house. An hour ago, I settled on the sofa with my coffee and “The Guardian” newspaper open
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Writings of J. Todd Ring 2013-11-12 19:39:07
Even “the wastes” of nature are never wasted, and never a waste. Time spent among chandeliers and caviar may be a waste; time spent chasing money or seeking status may be a waste; devoting one’s precious, short life to the accumulation of material things may be a waste; but it
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