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MAMA MONK: June 2008
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This is a roaming, exploratory sketch of words. In this space, I chronicle ILLUMINATIONS along my way as solitary, wife and mother.*. Sunday, June 29, 2008. 160;In the midst, we experienced great loss and tragedy, death has been near and around us. Emotions have bubbled to the top of my cup, running over without explanation: confusion, anger, fear, discontentment. . Writing is my centering wheel, my steady revolving energy, ever-widening and centering: a foundation for creating. . On the album "winter" ...
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MAMA MONK: Know Thyself
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This is a roaming, exploratory sketch of words. In this space, I chronicle ILLUMINATIONS along my way as solitary, wife and mother.*. Saturday, November 15, 2008. I've been asking myself questions. Some of the questions have arrived uninvited. And others are part of my desire to become more mindful of my motives, feelings and reactions. Here are a few:. If you had to think of one word that would be a great complement to you, what would it be? What is a belief you held 5 years ago that you no longer hold?
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MAMA MONK: Brotherhood Of Man
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This is a roaming, exploratory sketch of words. In this space, I chronicle ILLUMINATIONS along my way as solitary, wife and mother.*. Friday, November 14, 2008. My favorite bands, for years and years, have been U2 and The Innocence Mission. I've been asked a few times, that if I could choose two books and two albums, what would they be? I would have to choose The Joshua Tree. U2) , and Glow/We Walked in Song. Innocence Mission). And for books: No Man is an Island. Thomas Merton) and Here All Dwell Free.
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MAMA MONK: Creating Our Home
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This is a roaming, exploratory sketch of words. In this space, I chronicle ILLUMINATIONS along my way as solitary, wife and mother.*. Wednesday, August 07, 2013. My last post has a picture of us on a tree farm. What's amazing, is that we own that tree farm now! For 8 Christmases, we bundled up and ventured out to pick and cut down a tree of our own. We would walk around a local 5-acre tree farm and say "It would be amazing to have a place like this someday.". December of 2011, we went to get our tree and...
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MAMA MONK: September 2008
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This is a roaming, exploratory sketch of words. In this space, I chronicle ILLUMINATIONS along my way as solitary, wife and mother.*. Wednesday, September 24, 2008. Music for the Soul:Woodsong. Over the last week or so, we've been exploring new music: Feist. 160;And over the summer, we returned to our favorite grassroots music festival called Woodsong Music Festival. . This was our third summer at Woodsong, and we recognized return visitors, exclaimed at "how much the kids have grown! Links to this post.
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MAMA MONK: November 2008
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This is a roaming, exploratory sketch of words. In this space, I chronicle ILLUMINATIONS along my way as solitary, wife and mother.*. Thursday, November 20, 2008. I love nature's insistence on redemption. Everywhere I look, I see rebirth, life from death, redemption within and without darkness. There is always life, everywhere. Humanity is teeming with life. And we are life to oneanother, in the midst of hardship, sadness and loss. We help carry the grief, side-by-side. And made it to my truck. Sunday, N...
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MAMA MONK: August 2013
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This is a roaming, exploratory sketch of words. In this space, I chronicle ILLUMINATIONS along my way as solitary, wife and mother.*. Sunday, August 11, 2013. With each sound, I feel linked with creation, linked with the wonder of new seasons, of beginning again. Of course) and shake it off. Part of me nearly squirms out of my skin. And yet, another part of me expands with the wonder of a spider's work overnight. Links to this post. Wednesday, August 07, 2013. In December of 2008, we were on the cusp of ...
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MAMA MONK: Autumn Moments
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This is a roaming, exploratory sketch of words. In this space, I chronicle ILLUMINATIONS along my way as solitary, wife and mother.*. Friday, November 14, 2008. This is a picture of Alley at our recent Tour of the Apple Barn and Pumpkin Patch. The top picture is of Michelle and I on the Hay Ride with our families. This is a picture of a recent "Daddy and Cherubs" campout. They loved roasting marshmallows and spending hours throwing rocks into the river. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Travel is the a...
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MAMA MONK: Holding in my center, all that is dear
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This is a roaming, exploratory sketch of words. In this space, I chronicle ILLUMINATIONS along my way as solitary, wife and mother.*. Tuesday, October 31, 2006. Holding in my center, all that is dear. The topsy-turvy whirlwind of creating my own family and nurturing my marriage has challenged my previously centered self. My days have often felt off- balance and overloaded. I have just come upon your blog and what a find it is! Peace and Blessings,. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). People talk about re...