Tag: joy
member name: jessie voigts
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June 17, 2006 11:15 AM EDT --
{10 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
life is crazy.
my parents have a hobby farm. there is so much to do there that you could work all the time and never rest and still never be done. . . .
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January 20, 2007 11:03 PM EST --
each piece,
each perfect moment of contentment
falls quietly, softly upon my soul
blanketing it
accumulating
blowing into deep drifts
shoring me . . .
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November 28, 2007 12:29 AM EST --
perseverance:
steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). . . .
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March 03, 2006 08:37 PM EST --
every year, we go to meijer garden's butterfly exhibit. it is the perfect late-winter activity, as there are thousands of colorful butterflies in the huge, steel-girded conservatory. i wrote about . . .
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March 23, 2006 11:14 PM EST --
tonight, lillie really has a doozy of an outfit on.
this is the third outfit in an hour. yes, she is very fashion-conscious. i don't let her read fashion magazines, preferring to let her create . . .
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April 25, 2006 11:42 AM EDT --
yesterday, we painted outside. such fun.
i watered down some of her washable tempera paints (red, blue, and we made green). we prepared the paper by weighting it down at the edges so it wouldn't . . .
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April 28, 2006 12:07 PM EDT --
beryl recently sent me a link to her page at the Minnesota States ArtsBoard site of the Art of Recovery reading she did last weekend, at theMinnesota State Arts Board. There's a video of her . . .
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July 17, 2006 11:34 AM EDT --
{12 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
saturday we had the most glorious day. we escaped the great heat and humidity after dinner, and drove to lake michigan. oh, the big lake - the place where . . .
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August 07, 2006 11:59 AM EDT --
dancing waves, glittering in the sun
frothing, bubbling, reaching
frolicking with wet sand and dry
ceaselessly encroaching, leaving mark after mark
erasing footprints, creating waveprints
incandescent . . .
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September 13, 2006 12:01 PM EDT --
{12 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
when i think of the beauty of the change of seasons, i think of gorgeous orange yellow red fall leaves, the first fat snowflakes drifting down, tiny crocuses . . .
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March 02, 2007 12:08 AM EST --
i've been spending much more time with lillie lately (and less time gathering), and we have been having such fun. playing lego star wars, painting, being outside, . . .
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June 22, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
i've read beryl's writing for many years - her eloquent columns of life on the north shore provided much-needed balm to my city-dwelling soul, stranded in minneapolis. i longed to be on a lake, . . .
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September 12, 2007 11:03 AM EDT --
when you're homeschooling (our particular type of homeschooling is called unschooling), it is important to create rituals, ceremonies, and special times to honor . . .
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April 20, 2006 08:13 PM EDT --
lillie's big news is that she got a paddle for kayaking. there are several small orange canoe paddles (the better to see them when they fall out of the hands of little kids and start floating away) . . .
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May 08, 2006 10:45 PM EDT --
i have been told that i don't look sick. in the disability community, sometimes that is termed "passing" - as in trying to pass as an able bodied person. it isn't my fault, per se. i . . .
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October 27, 2006 01:49 PM EDT --
{11 frosty photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
we were up early yesterday. the sun was just rising over the trees, mist was drifting across the lake...obscuring the shadows on the water. . . .
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February 06, 2006 07:07 PM EST --
at the end of the day, i think that most people are frazzled, tired, still making to-do lists (for that day, or the next). maybe they are tired, and dozing in front of the tv, or trying to catch up on . . .
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May 10, 2006 11:10 AM EDT --
{12 photos , for those gatherers on dial-up}
some mornings, you have to just get out on the water. today was one of those days. the sun was so bright, shining through hazy clouds (the rain storm last . . .
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May 15, 2006 11:00 AM EDT --
{12 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
yesterday, for mother's day, we went down to my parents' farm. i've chronicled things i love there before, so this time i thought i'd share . . .
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May 16, 2006 10:10 PM EDT --
{12 photos, for those gathering on dial-up}
thanks to candida's healing garden for the inspiration
today is the 19th anniversary of my skateboarding accident. i've talked about it before, . . .
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