Category Archives: seasons

Paying attention to the world outside us

Posted on July 14, 2012 by stillalife

While I’d like to pay close attention to my surroundings year round, I find it easiest to do so in summer.  A covered patio, sunny days and warm evenings give me the means and opportunity to commit the crime of … Continue reading →

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To plan or not to plan

Posted on June 1, 2012 by stillalife

I’m still laughing at friends’ reactions to an earlier blog naming all the things I planned to do this summer.  I finally get it.  The books I’d like to read total at least 4,000 pages.  I’ll need to write about … Continue reading →

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How to start the summer

Posted on May 28, 2012 by stillalife

What’s your idea of a good way to kick off the summer? I know that summer is supposed to be lazy, the period when you kick back, read a good book and daydream. That, however is the summer of myth. … Continue reading →

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Earthy Delights

Posted on May 14, 2012 by stillalife

Gardening is a pursuit I dream about loving.  I don’t really love it.  I just wish I did, because gardeners who do, achieve spectacular results.  So far this year my attempts at garden beautification include spending a few hours weeding. Regrettably, … Continue reading →

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The silence of snow

Posted on January 18, 2012 by stillalife

“The Joy of Quiet,” an article by Pico Iyer in the New York Times cites a growing trend of setting aside time to escape from telephones, email, newspapers, Facebook and other distractions. Mr. Iyer says he retreats to a monastery several … Continue reading →

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Snow days

Posted on January 14, 2012 by stillalife

It’s snowing, a condition that terrifies most of us in the central Puget Sound region because snow falls so infrequently. We like looking at it, but prefer that it stay in our mountains where it belongs. Now retired, I can … Continue reading →

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Skipping the resolutions in 2012

Posted on January 5, 2012 by stillalife

To resolve or not to resolve? Do New Year’s resolutions serve any purpose? Do they do any good? This week I’ve read several commentaries on this topic, which interested me because I decided not to make any resolutions this year. … Continue reading →

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Expect the unexpected in the Year of the Dragon

Posted on January 3, 2012 by stillalife

Why bother with New Year’s resolutions when the end of the world is coming on December 21? I read in this morning’s Seattle Times that apocalyptic thinkers are predicting even stranger things: the reversal of the earth’s polarity so that magnetic … Continue reading →

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The “sounds” of music

Posted on January 1, 2012 by stillalife

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.*Matsuo Basho Last night we ushered out 2011 and welcomed 2012 in grand style. “Sound”  tied both experiences together. Expressing gratitude for the causes and conditions … Continue reading →

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The “stuff” that dreams are made of

Posted on December 27, 2011 by stillalife

It’s two days after Christmas and the topic of gifts is still a current one. While I was sitting in the salon chair this morning, Michael, who has cut my hair for at least twenty-five years, asked whether I thought … Continue reading →

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