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Gifts From the Heart

On a recent Saturday afternoon, seeking relief from the gloomy weather, I made my way to the Portland Museum of Art to watch the documentary, “The Gift.”  This movie has haunted me ever since. The documentary was adapted from the book “The Gift” by Lewis Hyde where he distinguishes between gifts bought at the market place and gifts [...]

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My Picks for Winter Reads

While I’m not a fan of cold weather and snowstorms, winter is my favorite reading season. I read all year long, but I read differently in winter.  It’s when I indulge in slow reading, lingering over beautiful passages and re-reading treasured authors.  I love the backdrop of winter reading: my phone’s ringer turned off, a fire in the [...]

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CA Fires, A New Diet, A New Play & More!

California’s Fires I’ve been following the horrific California fires, and grateful that my son who lives in Santa Monica has been spared evacuation and fires near him, but I can’t stop thinking about the long term implications of California’s raging fires.  Does it mean as the climate activist, Bill McKibben, asserts that California [...]

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Awakening to Bliss

GUEST POST by MARGIE MARTIN CAMPBELL   Have you ever felt blissful on a hot summer afternoon when the air was so still you could only get a very small breeze by swinging in the old porch swing? The one that Grandpa built all those years ago before you were born. Sure, the house windows are up with screens in place to “let a little air [...]

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Finding My Bliss

GUEST POST by EMMA MACAILLEN     I am unsure that I ever find my bliss. I think it finds me.  I do sense that there are preconditions in order for it to present itself. Perhaps I need to get out of my own way in order for that to happen, or at least “out of my mind.” I think bliss is a state of the awakened heart. I have glimpses [...]

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