“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” ― Simone Weil . . . . . . When we moved to Colorado in the spring of 2019, we uprooted our lives in pursuit of a dream to live amongst the mountains. […]
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“It felt odd and poetic and encouraging coming back after so many years, a shape imposing itself on life again after chaos.” ― Graham Greene . . . . . . Sometimes in life we get a chance to return to places that hold powerful spaces in our memories. This […]
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“True life is lived when tiny changes occur.” ― Leo Tolstoy . . . . . . This fall — surrounded by strokes of greens, oranges, yellows, and reds — I’ve been reminded by this spectrum of the season that change is certain, and that I, too, am ever evolving. I’m […]
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“The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change.” ― Maya Angelou . . . . . . Beginnings and endings take place on the horizon. And this coming Tuesday, I’ll be stepping into a new horizon. After 10 years of owning and operating my Keyhole […]
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“We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.” ― Robert Frost . . . . . . These words are mobile. Always moving into the future and pulled strongly from the past. Never set. Never finished. Never perfect. I am the […]
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“Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.” ― Laura Ingalls Wilder . . . Pause for a moment of gratitude on your next walk in the woods. Allow your eyes to take in the bright yellows, greens, and oranges all around you. Then let oxygen fill your nostrils and […]
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“If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer… If you’re a pretender, come sit by my fire For we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!” ― Shel Silverstein As […]
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“I felt a pang — a strange and inexplicable pang that I had never felt before. It was homesickness.” ― Alan Bradley, The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag When I was nine, I went away for the first time to overnight camp. It may or may not have […]
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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” ― Plato “We’ve experienced 10 years in less than 1,000 days.” I recently heard a friend share this thought about the heaviness we’ve all experienced the past few years. And that framing has stuck with me. If truly […]
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“When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger. Let it be so with us.” ― Amy Carmichael Each year about this time, strong winds come down from Canada along the spine of the Rockies Mountains, kicking up dust as they shove their way […]
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