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Every Day Spirit Blog Posts

Sep 18, 2017

Trust and the Fawns

The squirrels are collecting and burying nuts; the horses are circling the field in the rain; the leaves are beginning the long slow...

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Sep 4, 2017

My Manager and the God Box

My mother, who we affectionately call "Tiny Guru" for her small stature and great spirit, takes pride in being my manager. There’s...

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Aug 28, 2017

Kindness and the Skunk

A few days ago from the writing window a rustling caught my eye. Heading straight for me was a large, limping skunk with a very puffy...

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Aug 21, 2017

Starting Over with the Sunrise

This morning I wrap in a blanket and pad out the back door to be with the sunrise. The early birds begin in the dark with tentative melodie

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Aug 14, 2017

The Art of Listening

Speaking our truth is one of the best ways to get to know ourselves. Many a heart can be healed by the simple act of uncensored...

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Aug 7, 2017

Faith and the Comet

Tiny pieces of the tail of a comet grazed my house last night. Yours too. They may as well have landed on the roof. Fiery, wish-worthy,...

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Jul 31, 2017

More Gratitude, Less Worry

Soon after I moved here, I noticed something of grave concern: There were wasp nests under many of the eves of the cabin. Most were...

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Jul 24, 2017

Befriending The Dark

The first time I came home to the cabin after dark and shut off my lights at the end of the long gravel driveway, I sat in dread. This...

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Jul 17, 2017

Lessons From A Fire-Breathing Bull

I crossed the one-lane bridge and caught site of the enormous black bull who lives in a bucolic field next to a lake on Hunters Road....

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Jul 10, 2017

Kindness and The Farmer

In early spring during my walks around the sheep and llama field, I watched the farmer behind a local inn plant what became a...

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Jul 3, 2017

Grace and The Bluebird

For hours I heard the heartbreaking flutter of little wings in the pipe of the wood burning stove with no idea of how to help. A friend...

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Jun 26, 2017

Drive-By Love

I don’t know many people in my little country town, but I know that Sharron is everyone’s right hand person. She cares for countless...

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Jun 19, 2017

The Horse That Jumped For Joy

Of the four horses in the field next door, Shadow is the free-spirited one, the least predictable, the renegade. I have spent many hours...

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Jun 12, 2017

Tales From Hunters Road

Three weeks ago, I moved from Hunters Road. I lived there for a year and a half between my married years and now. And it was the...