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Rosemary

Posted on January 23, 2023 by hernibs

Rosemary is viewed as a symbol of love, fidelity, and longevityMany people believe that using rosemary and keeping some sprigs under the pillow aids in sleeping and keeps the negative thoughts away.Placing a rosemary garland at the entrance of your … Continue reading →

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Tradition

Posted on February 14, 2021 by hernibs

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes—our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around. ~ Gilbert … Continue reading →

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Anniversary Rose Preserved Forever

Posted on December 31, 2020 by hernibs

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Christmas Eve Covid Style

Posted on December 24, 2020 by hernibs

We’ll have a covid Christmas Eve alone, spending the day in our own home, hanging the stockings out in the shop, sharing the love that no virus can stop, as we open our gifts in our own living room watching … Continue reading →

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Worn Out

Posted on November 28, 2020 by hernibs

My hard drive needs defragging, my memory has crashed, the trash is overflowing, and my flash drive is trashed. Now my monitor is fading looks like shut down is complete, wish I could be reconditioned before I’m obsolete. ~2016 Sharron … Continue reading →

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Human Stories

Posted on November 14, 2020 by hernibs

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before. ~ Willa Cather (1873 – 1947) American Writer

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Life In The Cemetery

Posted on September 7, 2020 by hernibs

A beautiful, quiet place to contemplate the meaning of life. Words, symbols, plants, flowers, birds all add meaning to the place where ones body ends up, and where life no longer has any meaning at all except to those who … Continue reading →

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Scented Memories

Posted on May 13, 2020 by hernibs

Lilac bush in bloom. Butterflies ecstatic, So am I. I breathe in memories, walking to school, Red Deer Alberta, spring, freedom, happiness and laughter. 2020 Sharron R. McMillan

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Make Meaning

Posted on March 6, 2020 by hernibs

The human ability to make meaning is so versatile, so powerful, that it can make almost anything tolerable, so long as it’s woven into a bigger story that makes it meaningful. We need to reflect consciously on the ways we … Continue reading →

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Frames

Posted on February 12, 2020 by hernibs

It’s the frames which make some things important and some things forgotten. It’s all only frames from which the content rises. ~ Eve Babitz American writer

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Bunnykins cactus

Posted on January 30, 2020 by hernibs

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Oranges in January

Posted on January 18, 2020 by hernibs

I don’t know if the cold kitchen has shocked it into producing but our little orange tree has flowers and oranges on it at the same time. Smells lovely and reminds me spring will come again.

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Christmas Is – Part 4

Posted on December 25, 2019 by hernibs

Mother. Father. Child. Together. Alone. Guests who arrived had been invited by angels. Angels. And a star. Shepherds. Wise men. How simple it was, how thrilling. How lonely. Christmas. Family. Presents. And an unexpected sense of loneliness – We too … Continue reading →

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Changing Your Mind

Posted on December 20, 2019 by hernibs

Contemplative practice, done over time, actually rewires our brains so that we can detach from our addictive patterns of thinking and feeling and our unworkable programs for happiness. Now many neuro scientists affirm such very real change and call it … Continue reading →

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Pay Attention

Posted on December 14, 2019 by hernibs

Mindfulness changes the brain. . . How we pay attention promotes neural plasticity, the change of neural connections in response to experience. ~Psychiatrist and brain researcher Daniel J. Siegel in his book: “The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the … Continue reading →

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