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                                        The Simple Secret to An Extraordinary Life
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                                        21 Simple Stress Tips {Free E-Book} Wild Arisings Monthly Note Yes, please! Simple Wisdom for a Happy Life. The Simple Secret to An Extraordinary Life. April 27, 2014. An extraordinary life doesn’t result from worldly achievement, the fulfillment of your own passions or fleeting ecstatic experiences. If you reflect deeply, you’ll see each of these is a temporary state of affairs. Kindness: The Powerful Alternative for an Extraordinary Life. I’m always amazed by how a loving smile is instantly refle...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Venus Through a New Window - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window
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                                        Venus Through a New Window - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Venus Through a New Window. Sometimes the trees break from the weight of what I’ve asked of them – they fall and lean on the fence creating passages – a test of my patience enters from the north and east – a test of my dream – “how determined are you? She seems steady. Always there. She remembers herself, like a tree, all the way back to the seed. Perhaps her memory is the light I’m seeing. In the meantime ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Dreams of Moths and Ghosts - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window
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                                        Dreams of Moths and Ghosts - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Dreams of Moths and Ghosts. Image – Abraham Darby Roses). 8220;Poetry touches you with sounds / on the back of your neck…” – Alice Notley. In my dream there were two, delicate winged moths, the color of cecropia moths. I asked them,. 8220;What kind are you? And they answered,. 8220;The biggest kind.”. Of course, they were nearly the size of my hand. Lately I’ve taken to asking them,. We ran outside to the c...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        The Strawberry Moon - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window
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                                        The Strawberry Moon - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. The full moon in June goes by many names, by I’m partial to. It sounds so full, dreamy and dripping with promise. It reminds me of The Beatles song, “Strawberry Fields Forever.”. Let me take you down. Cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields. And nothing to get hung about. Strawberry Fields forever…. John Lennon’s lyrics were often as polished as a runcible spoon. What is the point? We are fine the way we are. We most...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        The Gray Pebbles - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window
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                                        The Gray Pebbles - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Carla hunting butterflies: because that’s what she does…. 8220;The Gray Pebbles”. 8220;Wildfire” is a song about loss, but there is also something in it about renewal and rebirth. It’s a song that always makes me feel like I can fly away. According to Michael Martin Murphey the song lyrics came to him from a dream. I think that’s beautiful. 8230;by the dark of the moon, I planted. But there came an early snow. Fast f...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Before Gardening. After Gardening. - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window
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                                        Before Gardening. After Gardening. - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Before Gardening. After Gardening. The cat sleeps in the box. The cat sleeps in the box. This is from a piece by Terri Windling called “Kith and Kin”. 8220;Many of us today have no. Of home, and of truly belonging.” – Terri Windling. Years ago, I had a dream that my cats were speaking to me and one of them said, “Remember me? We all lived together on. There is a road not far from our house called. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        Softness, Faith and Smudging Sage - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window
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                                        Softness, Faith and Smudging Sage - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Softness, Faith and Smudging Sage. A few things that have inspired me lately…. This post, “ Softness. Dark Side of the Broom. 8220;Kindness is healing, and softness is a fierce power, in a cold soul-hungry world.” – Antoinette. And this post from Jon Katz, “Surpassing Myself.”. 8220;Lately it has occurred to me that my highest ambition is to be what I already am.” – Jon Katz. I’m looking at thi...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        A Look Back at June - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window
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                                        A Look Back at June - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. A Look Back at June. June has felt like the longest month on record for me. So many things have happened – and yet they haven’t. The dragonflies are clickety-clacking through the thick summer air. The crickets and toads rise up in a crescendo. I thought it would be fun to take a look back at June before the calendar turns. I have many photos that I didn’t share and some you’ve seen. Starting at the beginning…. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        A Beautiful Mess - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window
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                                        A Beautiful Mess - Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. Nicole Tilde - Sometimes a Window. This little guy makes me so happy! As of late, I’ve taken on this non-committal, yet committal task, of keeping blooming flowers in my kitchen. It’s become a meditation for me. (I probably won’t do it if I stop enjoying it, hence the non-committal part.). Last Saturday I worked at a small corner nursery for the day. It was hot! My shoulders were pink. I came home tired and fatigued from the heat. Ho am I fooling? 
                                     
                         
                            
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