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Upgrading my life with good intention and positive action. Entries Tagged 'social' ↓. Collaborating with your family using social sites. September 16th, 2012 — Connecting with others. Our family is totally digitally connected. To wit:. In this house, we have the following functional technology: five Apple computers, one gaming PC, two iPads, one Kindle Fire, four iPhones and one iPod, an Airport Extreme and two Apple TVs. There are also two cheapie phones. Jim and I are productivity tool hounds and we re...
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Quiet mind | Sylections
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Upgrading my life with good intention and positive action. Entries Tagged 'Quiet mind' ↓. Why I love bees. April 1st, 2013 — Compassion. I was a gardener once, and when I was out among my blossoms I enjoyed seeing the honeybees and bumble bees visiting the bright blooms, their sonorous buzzing all around me. I can tell when they are happy by their buzzes. Low-pitched means contentment; high-pitched means irritation. They warn you for a while before they get serious. And their honey is heavenly, especiall...
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My idea of surrender, and why I need it | Sylections
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Upgrading my life with good intention and positive action. Larr; Collaborating with your family using social sites. Tunisian ‘morality cops’ make asses of themselves over topless feminist. My idea of surrender, and why I need it. October 13th, 2012 Acceptance. I think about surrender a lot, because I am over forty and have learned how to control quite a bit of my life. To my twenty-something friends, you aren’t wrong about that observation! 5 I have been responsible for everything so long that I have for...
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Journeys | Sylections
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Upgrading my life with good intention and positive action. Entries Tagged 'Journeys' ↓. Male-female duets remind me of ephemeral beauty. May 8th, 2016 — Journeys. On waking this morning, I found that a song was living in my head. The song is “Dust to Dust” by The Civil Wars, a duo that is no longer together. Listen on Spotify – https:/ open.spotify.com/track/5P6ZBMWS66FVo6deJaDdHy. Joy Williams and John Paul White, The Civil Wars, were an amazing duo. It’s not your eyes. It’s not what you say. We’v...
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Thoughts on hope | Sylections
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Upgrading my life with good intention and positive action. Larr; Tunisian ‘morality cops’ make asses of themselves over topless feminist. Why I love bees. March 31st, 2013 Uncategorized. It’s Easter Sunday, a time we Christians look to for hope and joy as we reflect on Jesus’ journey and what it means for us. But I was not raised a Christian, although I began attending church when I was 13. So for me, the Easter holiday was always a little bewildering. 8220;Feed my sheep. Tend my lambs.”. Perhaps hope is...
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Connecting with others | Sylections
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Upgrading my life with good intention and positive action. Entries Tagged 'Connecting with others' ↓. Mimsy thoughts while editing my email address book. July 4th, 2013 — Connecting with others. I love clean data and structure, but I also love the people whose names were flying by under my gaze. As I watched diligently for those names that were to go under the “Business” heading, I could not help but see the names of the people with whom I’d shared part of my life. Louise Dale, mother, born in 1946, died...
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Letting go | Sylections
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Upgrading my life with good intention and positive action. Entries Tagged 'Letting go' ↓. My idea of surrender, and why I need it. October 13th, 2012 — Acceptance. I think about surrender a lot, because I am over forty and have learned how to control quite a bit of my life. To my twenty-something friends, you aren’t wrong about that observation! 1 I’ve been working really hard in my career without sufficient regard to my other life needs…when I really need to work smarter. 5 I have been responsible for e...
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gratitude | Sylections
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Upgrading my life with good intention and positive action. Entries Tagged 'gratitude' ↓. Mimsy thoughts while editing my email address book. July 4th, 2013 — Connecting with others. I love clean data and structure, but I also love the people whose names were flying by under my gaze. As I watched diligently for those names that were to go under the “Business” heading, I could not help but see the names of the people with whom I’d shared part of my life. Louise Dale, mother, born in 1946, died in 2006 of c...
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Why I love bees | Sylections
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Upgrading my life with good intention and positive action. Larr; Thoughts on hope. Mimsy thoughts while editing my email address book. Why I love bees. April 1st, 2013 Compassion. I was a gardener once, and when I was out among my blossoms I enjoyed seeing the honeybees and bumble bees visiting the bright blooms, their sonorous buzzing all around me. And their honey is heavenly, especially when the hive’s main source of forage was orange blossoms or clover. My vegan friend Valerie once told me ...There i...
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