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Lessons in Gratitude Day 302

I find myself once again wordless. Many feelings and emotions bubbling there, dancing just beneath the surface, but I don’t really want to give voice to them tonight. Tonight is one for simple gratitude. I am grateful for the audiobook … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 294

I wrote today’s haiku first thing this morning. Recall that I had pledged to write a haiku a day in the month of May. Here is today’s entry that I have not yet shared in my online creativity group. Reach, … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 292

I stopped at the Park today after I dropped my son off at his job. I really wasn’t planning to walk or do anything like that, I just decided I wanted to stop for a few minutes smell the sea … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 286

Today has been a good day. As I have on most Wednesdays for the past ten months, I worked at the Berkeley Food Pantry, helping to prepare and distribute bags of food to about 60 people today. It can be … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 281

Somehow the sniffles which I had thought were gone have returned. How does that happen, anyway? I am not feeling very well, so I might be briefer than usual (though every time I write that, I end up writing my … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 278

Today while I was minding my own business, my sister sent me a miraculous gift that perhaps she didn’t even know she sent. This livestream (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/3064708) allowed me to intrude on the lives of a parent and offspring, watching and listening … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 276

This has been an odd, slow sort of day. I suppose that’s not a bad thing for a Sunday. I slept later this morning than I have in  many, many months. I think it was a combination of feeling a … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude day 274

I am fighting off the sniffles–I haven’t had a cold or any significant illness in over a year, not since I’ve lived on my own after the end of my relationship last winter. And this is only the sniffles. I … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 273

Tonight I am a bit tired, so I will take my rest shortly. Outside my window this evening, I can hear the rumble of thunder–an unexpected sound as we don’t have many thunderstorms in the Bay area. It has been … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 269

I am grateful this evening for being able to spend time in the company of friends. I went to Easter “brunch” and stayed for the better part of the day. Good food, good conversation, good people. I wasn’t in a particular hurry … Continue reading

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