tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31808524684573700612024-03-13T01:44:33.773-05:00I Suppose It Is TrueMary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-15820431324690073632017-12-14T08:52:00.000-06:002017-12-14T09:39:53.389-06:00On Returning and Moving Forward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since my last post on this blog more than four years ago much has transpired in my life and work. Today is Thursday, December 14, 2017. Winter has informally arrived in St. Paul and Christmas and the New Year are fast approaching. I am returning to this blog just as many opportunities are presenting themselves to me. Many doors are opening and so many possibilities are surfacing for my 2018. I have chosen to return to my blog as a way to walk with myself, take time to pause, and to clarify my intentions for this New Year. Intentions. Welcome (almost) 2018. Onward.Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-6639775437858395062013-07-14T16:49:00.002-05:002017-12-14T09:49:58.509-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">4. I just finished my 7th book of the summer, and I loved it. "The Interestings!"and I will start my next summer read, "The Yogahlossee Riding Camp for Girls" tonight.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">5. I got to see my best (Baltimore!) friend, Rick 2 times in the last month -- the best.</span><br />
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Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-74934868951159372882013-07-05T10:20:00.001-05:002013-07-05T10:32:02.539-05:00Being Happy With What Is & With What I HaveMoving slowly this morning, and getting ready for the day. <br />
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1. That I will see my best friend Rick in a few minutes, as he stops at my house to get a key, and then, makes his way up north to our lake house heaven.<br />
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2. That I have such a clarity in my "to do" list! (so much I need/want to do before returning to work August 19th) -- now, just to get myself to DO IT! <br />
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3. That I get to go to my favorite movie movie theater today (the Uptown!) with Kathleen to see 20 Feet from Stardom...best seats EVER and I think the movie will be good too!<br />
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4. That it is the weekend later today, and I will get to have a leisurely time with my girl, who has been working like a dog!<br />
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5. That my back seems to be continually improving....and for noticing that I am staying focussed (trying) on what doesn't hurt, instead of what does! (the image at the beginning of the blog is what I am trying to remember today, and the image at the end of this blog is what I wish for)<br />
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<br />Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-44787206788521574972013-07-02T09:17:00.000-05:002013-07-02T09:19:04.673-05:00Gratitude Times TwoThere is So Much to be grateful for....<br />
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I missed yesterday's post for a great reason! <br />
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1. The sale and moving process all going so well, without a hitch. It was a busy day getting Kathleen's home sale closed and settling into Jefferson Avenue! <br />
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2. A GORGEOUS stretch of Minnesota summer weather. YES!<br />
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3. The chance to sleep in later that a usual work-day morning (when my back is sore and my sleep routine continues to be out of whack and I don't sleep well in the night!) - Tony Robbins would ask, "what's great about this problem?" - such a good question, a way to stop thinking about the problem, and focus on the positive outcomes and solutions.<br />
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4. A developing opportunity to volunteer soon....more to come on this!<br />
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5. Two upcoming opportunities to publish some writing about my work with writing circles. (The drafts are on my desk, but hopefully they will be complete and sent on their way by August 1st!)<br />
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Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-87593832788721023072013-06-30T14:38:00.005-05:002013-06-30T14:39:32.828-05:00The main thing I am grateful for today?....<br />
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<br />Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-4847387174511097442013-06-29T10:14:00.001-05:002013-06-29T10:22:50.231-05:00I Could Dance All Day!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">I am grateful today......why?</span><br />
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1. Well, for starters, today is the day.....Move In Day is here.....I am starting a new life with my girl. Time to share my house again. Yes! The house of Joy!<br />
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2. I am grateful that I saw this post today on facebook...Thanks, Pam! <br />
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3. After a few weeks of summer vacation solitude and re-grouping, I have had a chance to reconnect with several friends this week...leisurely conversations on the patio, phone, porch.....more to come this week! Feel lucky to be connected to such good people.<br />
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4. My fruit bowl was FANTASTIC today -- (simple pleasures, every day!)<br />
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5. Although I haven't been to Gay Pride since 1999, I am grateful to being living a life outloud, proud, everyday....myself. <br />
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This looks like my kind of summer daze!<br />
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1. life being on my slow-paced and quiet schedule, not work's!<br />
2. being able to sleep in (still trying to get a good sleep routine in order!)<br />
3. spending the day today with my friend Tess, passing the LAB torch onto her!<br />
4. only one more night, and I will be sharing my house with Kathleen!<br />
5. the wind is blowing through the house and the air conditioners are off!<br />
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<br />Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-45936749220100386032013-06-27T09:29:00.000-05:002013-06-27T09:29:56.630-05:00Giving Thanks, again.First things first....<br />
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Today I will take my first trip to one of my favorite of the city lakes of this summer...<br />
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2. Grateful for my funny little bathtub kayak that fits easily into my Honda CRV.<br />
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3. Grateful having very few "chores" to do right now -- just a sea of open time.<br />
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4. DOMA was struck down. MN gay Marriage. Prop 8 put in its place. Wow.<br />
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5. My property tax paperwork came in the mail yesterday...reminding me of impending $$ in the fall! (i forgot all about it!)<br />
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Off to the lake now.....but wait....watch this if you want to smile.<br />
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<br />Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-35153010095662075642013-06-26T08:34:00.003-05:002013-06-26T08:42:39.659-05:00Gratitude Changes Me<br />
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<i>1. My low back isn't as sore today as it was yesterday!</i></div>
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<i>2. Georgia joining me for breakfast today : )</i></div>
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<i>3. The leisure time to begin reading my 6th novel of the summer!</i></div>
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<i>4. For my house, and having it ready to share it with Kathleen</i></div>
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<i>5. The cardinal that kept me company most of all day yesterday, singing non-stop in the trees above my patio.</i></div>
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Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-61952554963258711952013-06-25T09:54:00.002-05:002013-06-25T10:22:42.217-05:00A Shift Toward Gratitude<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1. the good night's sleep I had last night, and for finally getting into a better sleep pattern.</div>
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2. my friends who are joining me this week for a visit and a meal/ice tea on my sweet summer patio.</div>
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3. my sweet patio & sweet porch! I feel lucky and I love that I have such a nice patio and beautiful environments to enjoy.</div>
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4. Brent, my personal trainer/physical therapist who is helping me regain my strength and get past physical pain - and that I have clarity and options for exercises that help!</div>
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5. The sunshine today, after many clouds and storms and great weather and a chance for a river walk today!<br />
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And a bonus smile for my day...<br />
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Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-57392555228192113282013-06-24T12:19:00.002-05:002013-06-25T08:56:10.168-05:00Gratitude Blog - it begins today<b>Today's Gratitude Blog: </b><br />
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1. the sea of free time ahead of me - (I return to work exactly 8 weeks from today) - and that I have already had a marvelous 2+ weeks away from work. So lucky.<br />
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2. for an amazing girlfriend who is soon to move into my house!<br />
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3. for improvement (albeit slow) with my physical body/pain.....progress and knowledge for how to keep getting better!<br />
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4. a chance to read for pleasure -- 5 books down for this summer! Shooting for 31!<br />
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5. that I was lucky and didn't have any storm damage or power outage -- again, lucky!<br />
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the sweetest video post on facebook which makes me completely happy in this moment!<br />
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<br />Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-45956478007427255082011-03-20T13:17:00.001-05:002011-03-20T13:18:40.852-05:00Connection & Support<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHW0o5ke9w4bgyqLmp5V9qhmYMeKoAGMugf0oJ1Pj1NoiIOCxpGO_OlDQrbIK55SkGMdal0aBmE7LXVlXIA92xQVg7cfXF4tL-gmq2RDdBre2Vdra6maQn3NxLpnNzZR7PFOU2-4eXWAs/s1600/2flowers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHW0o5ke9w4bgyqLmp5V9qhmYMeKoAGMugf0oJ1Pj1NoiIOCxpGO_OlDQrbIK55SkGMdal0aBmE7LXVlXIA92xQVg7cfXF4tL-gmq2RDdBre2Vdra6maQn3NxLpnNzZR7PFOU2-4eXWAs/s320/2flowers.JPG" width="233" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Connection:</span></b> <i> </i><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1.</span></i></b><i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal;"><i>To hold in position so as to keep from falling, sinking, or slipping; </i><b>2.</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><i> the act or state of connecting; united; <b>3</b></i><i><b>. </b></i><i>something that connects, joins, or relates; link or bond; <b>4</b></i><i><b>.</b></i><i> a relationship or association; <b>5</b></i><i><b>.</b></i><i> logical sequence in thought or expression; coherence</i></span></span></i><br />
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</i></div><div class="ds-list" style="margin-left: 1cm;">I love this image - a flower, clearly linked and connected to something(s), ready to remind her of her place in the world. That we exist inside something very beautiful, even when we forget. This photo is a metaphor, a reminder for me that someone is always ready to stand near, ready to help, ready to ensure that we don't sink, or slip or fall. Today, I am grateful for this reminder and reality. I'm listening to a song by Alexi Murdoch right now - another beautiful message of connection and support - enjoy. </div><div class="ds-list" style="margin-left: 1cm;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-size: 13px;">I have certainly used this word before in my blog -- <b>Center</b> -- I am on the front end of a 9 day vacation, and want to make some good choices about how I spend this glorious time away from work. I don't want to waste a minute of such freedom. I want to return to my center, my balance. I do have some work to do, and I want to schedule and commit to my health/exercise life while I have such a beautifully open calendar. It should certainly be easier to make space for this while on vacation, right? With hopes to soak up this week in all good ways, I will hold this image, this flower in my mind's eye, and let its bright, clear center be my guide. I'll let the definition "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">A point of origin, as of influence, ideas, or actions." </span>be my guide and my reminder that I can act and choose in ways that will create the perfect vacation week. Onward. </span></span></div>Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-80819548614200371862011-03-14T19:10:00.000-05:002011-03-14T19:10:02.922-05:00Floating Above<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9nXhNU_tYHtMWwbHs1ib0ObdI6tLYKdC_sx-XWcumX2CMVHQlyolvPaiZumDcU4n10KwqzhAD3sC4_buY0Br-jxgDWJ_mBNePnsOPyb9GErNbbNsO_ThMy_d-qxMFNPLcs0G71V3_78/s1600/Floating+Above.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9nXhNU_tYHtMWwbHs1ib0ObdI6tLYKdC_sx-XWcumX2CMVHQlyolvPaiZumDcU4n10KwqzhAD3sC4_buY0Br-jxgDWJ_mBNePnsOPyb9GErNbbNsO_ThMy_d-qxMFNPLcs0G71V3_78/s320/Floating+Above.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Floating (floating above)</span></b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><i>1. </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><i>a. </i></b><i>To remain suspended within or on the surface of a fluid without sinking. </i><b><i>b. </i></b><i>To be suspended in or move through space as if supported by a liquid. </i><b><i>2. </i></b><i>To move from place to place, especially at random. </i><b><i>3. </i></b><i>To move easily or lightly</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #226699;"><i>.</i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #226699; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-size: 13px;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-size: 13px;">Again, through the simple tools of Iphoto, I was able to make this flower look like it is floating or suspended in mid-air, against the black backdrop. Easy. All the other extraneous business fades into the back background, and the all important beauty of the flower remains front and center. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-size: 13px;">I wish there was a simple tool I could employ in my life, to float above..... to float above the extraneous, above the bull shit (that others, and I create), the ridiculous concerns conjured up in my mind. I want to keep the important things in life - the beauty - at the forefront, suspended against the dark background of the rest. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-size: 13px;">Somehow, it is not as easy as it is in Iphoto. But, of course, there are tools at my disposal, if I could only remember to use them. Loving kindness, mantras, my breath, music, poetry, writing in a journal, making a mandala -- focussing on the magic of color, paying attention to the metaphors called up in this life's journey. This week, there is much to rise above. Every day, there many things of beauty that I could appreciate, attend to, create. Onward.</span></span></div>Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-34823242061835520772011-03-12T18:53:00.002-06:002011-03-12T18:55:51.340-06:00Clarity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRaTX9KqchV5VUNr21pZPgtfLeqRPkYxa5dWpQVoQ6wgmOVkamdbU8VLYWZnm8bNeFggi2UGvFJZMp1xCFb9uXKRHml2L7gv1ugNFyKwwVLu2UukJFK5AvXF-YylasgYJL2lduIE9Okk/s1600/flowermandala.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRaTX9KqchV5VUNr21pZPgtfLeqRPkYxa5dWpQVoQ6wgmOVkamdbU8VLYWZnm8bNeFggi2UGvFJZMp1xCFb9uXKRHml2L7gv1ugNFyKwwVLu2UukJFK5AvXF-YylasgYJL2lduIE9Okk/s320/flowermandala.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I think it's time to return to the mandala-a-day project. It's been a while since I've sat long enough in my creativity to really settle my insides. I've been marching along with a focus on my work-mind/life, while trying to hold my emotions at a relative distance <i>(except for those times when I simply can't, and the flood gates open full force). </i> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I like this photo, altered with simple tools in I-photo. I see the intensity of yellow against the stark pitch of black, and the other colors determined to find a tiny space to shine though. It is just like my emotions in these last few months -- no matter how hard I try to press them into the background, they always find their way forth, sometimes in small ways, and often with an intensity that forces me to stop, to accept. When I allow this process to simply be and when I stop fighting myself, some sort of beauty and clarity emerge. Onward.</div>Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-68560763131383628472010-10-21T09:32:00.001-05:002010-10-21T09:32:43.322-05:00Mandala 99: Float<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0XgwX3lOIpiFJ9w5bQ_gzk2G5FFwcaC7CadcPah8wQjiediXRWEXUnU_YhYZyp3SB11mMZvpa9xPV68qNRyCBS2LvIKflIGhpcrUSq5cm_fU3IPcSWyj4UDBPba1jz1OwiovMO7twz8/s1600/IMG_3906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0XgwX3lOIpiFJ9w5bQ_gzk2G5FFwcaC7CadcPah8wQjiediXRWEXUnU_YhYZyp3SB11mMZvpa9xPV68qNRyCBS2LvIKflIGhpcrUSq5cm_fU3IPcSWyj4UDBPba1jz1OwiovMO7twz8/s200/IMG_3906.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Float:</b></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">1. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>a.</b>To remain suspended within or on the surface of a fluid without sinking. <b>b.</b>To be suspended in or move through space as if supported by a liquid. <b>2. </b>o move from place to place, especially at random; <b>3. </b>To move easily or lightly<b>.</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">It never ceases to amaze me how much and how often I am called upon to handle a situation with some special skill, usually some interpersonal skill. Easier, to blow a gasket, tell someone off, storm off, shake my head in dis-belief or disgust. Harder to show up steady, strong, solid and clear, setting out the needed limits and reasonable parameters with a grace and kindness. Life is hard. Skills help. Onward. </span></span>Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-12684298698686873002010-10-19T08:02:00.001-05:002010-10-19T08:02:58.538-05:00Mandala 97: Hope<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcqXDkjEDI0OvUfxhIR47icWXvz2oL2sAO_ni_Jhg97YMzriApkpQTB4nRjYHak-GSdlSJoDzsL1kTIGZURdOWOtQpCoVa4-AGPF19e8vvhCYNnOdW1ukVDyV_ydRFN5HFmaIefJUTRU/s1600/IMG_3909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcqXDkjEDI0OvUfxhIR47icWXvz2oL2sAO_ni_Jhg97YMzriApkpQTB4nRjYHak-GSdlSJoDzsL1kTIGZURdOWOtQpCoVa4-AGPF19e8vvhCYNnOdW1ukVDyV_ydRFN5HFmaIefJUTRU/s200/IMG_3909.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><b>Hope:</b></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>1. </b>To wish for something or look forward with expectation of its fulfillment. <b>2. </b>To have confidence; trust. 3. To expect, to desire</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-size: 13px;">I have heard it said that "hope is not a strategy" -- but still, I have it. It seems essential in order to keep moving forward. </span></span>Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-51433607464547459432010-10-18T16:03:00.001-05:002010-10-18T16:05:46.992-05:00Mandala 96: Sober<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqR5myyBPysW0t05FSTDEVI-f0y0KBZU6tSv-tqDStzPB-jnqO7c3j9hZ6DojjogH7c7S3UtintISgCHM5jrdSDrV7DX65NwVty__YEO7pSOJDKe9qFdUPvzWo8mqBH11YmW59W_zyV4/s1600/IMG_3908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqR5myyBPysW0t05FSTDEVI-f0y0KBZU6tSv-tqDStzPB-jnqO7c3j9hZ6DojjogH7c7S3UtintISgCHM5jrdSDrV7DX65NwVty__YEO7pSOJDKe9qFdUPvzWo8mqBH11YmW59W_zyV4/s200/IMG_3908.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><b>Sober: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>1.</b> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic liquors or drugs; temperate; </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>2</b>. </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Not intoxicated or affected by the use of drugs; </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>3.</b> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Plain or subdued; </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>4.</b> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Devoid of frivolity, excess, exaggeration, or speculative imagination; straightforward: <b> </b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>5.</b> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Marked by seriousness, gravity, or solemnity of conduct or character; </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b>6.</b> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Marked by circumspection and self-restraint.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-size: x-small;">Today is my 6th anniversary of quitting drinking. Sober. A healthy choice, for sure. Not always easy, but right for me. </span></span>Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-20311823750345773312010-09-19T14:59:00.002-05:002017-12-17T11:13:39.141-06:00Mandala 95: Middle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Middle:</span> </b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: "arial";"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>1. </b></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Equally distant from extremes or limits; </span></i><span class="illustration"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>2.</b> </span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Being at neither one extreme nor the other; </span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>3.</b> </span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The middle part of the human body; the waist.</span></i></span></span><br />
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I am up north at our lake home on Middle Cullen Lake. It has been a great weekend, and will be hard to go home. I have enjoyed a slower pace for these last 2 days, both inside/in my mind, and outside, with nothing to do but to play. I have found the middle in my emotions and it has been a relief.<br />
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It seems for this last month, I have lived on the edges, the extremes, emotionally, and have had a hard time standing in the middle of anything. I have walked in these last 2 months with back pain, an indication of living, in my mind and my emotions, in the extremes. No middle.<br />
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I spent the day yesterday with my friend Shawyn, learning and experimenting with photography. Shawyn is an amazing photographer, and encouraged me to play in this medium. Just a point and shoot Cannon Power Shot. Just a chance to walk around the property, near the lake, noticing things. Capturing images and items and structures that caught my eye. Noticing various ways to frame the shot. Last evening, I played around with my photos using I-photo and photoshop, enhancing color, cropping and and refining and reframing what I captured in my camera. I enjoyed being lost in the meditative nature of walking and noticing and taking pictures. I felt a sense of relief in the process of creativity, both in the taking and in the adjusting the photographs. This, of course, is no surprise. It is my mantra to students and to my team at The LAB, that creativity is the healing force that we can each access on our journeys. So my weekend on Middle Cullen Lake brought me back to the middle, and I am grateful. Now, the challenge is to remain steady, in the middle as I return to the real life off and away from the lake. Onward.</div>
Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-92141029305504007822010-07-12T14:36:00.001-05:002010-07-12T14:38:00.717-05:00Day 94: Bike-Tire Mandala<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwetpPYi0MJnXQozq1p8dkwDZz8Texr0onbzd5lMkfcCbhaUx0l8XKy6LVzz_gAD-o1eLcKUxJOfhWc4HlGcl7Q7jYQDdfOWxI6UEdchLR235sLkUan7jveP6iVjjm2XYcbpQKkcWeLto/s1600/bike-tire_~BWBW0320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwetpPYi0MJnXQozq1p8dkwDZz8Texr0onbzd5lMkfcCbhaUx0l8XKy6LVzz_gAD-o1eLcKUxJOfhWc4HlGcl7Q7jYQDdfOWxI6UEdchLR235sLkUan7jveP6iVjjm2XYcbpQKkcWeLto/s320/bike-tire_~BWBW0320.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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I have been away from my mandala-making again....too much summer fun to be had, so I have become a bit negligent to this project. I have been out biking, enjoying my new bike (see picture below). Very fun. Happy spinning!<br />
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My goal is to make it to my 100th mandala by Thursday, July 23rd. It seems an honorable number. Now, if I can only get off of my bike for long enough each day to make some mandalas!<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Playful:</span></b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b><i>1. </i></b><i>Full of fun and high spirits; frolicsome or sportive; </i><b><i>2. </i></b><i>Humorous; jesting.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-size: 13px;">Today, I woke feeling tired and sore from my workout yesterday, but also feeling "light" in my mood. Although I have to begin my day with a couple of hours of going to work, the rest of my day will be spent playing. I might take myself for a walk around one of the city lakes or going to shop for a new bicycle. I'm sure I'll spend a good chunk of time reading my new novel on the patio. I love the leisurely nature of summer. The choice to be playful is a more ready choice for me in the summer. This mandala looks playful to me. It will be my reminder to keep a playful view each day. I wonder how I can bring a more 'playful' plan to my school year? Onward.</span></span>Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-8022842002275490632010-07-06T07:14:00.001-05:002010-07-06T07:15:29.456-05:00Day 92: Asymmetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAlgXgN5kluYEYfKxKKFEWhvQnbXbgnFZwaresgJt1NDf3Pb1GZ6jydpXz2EU4Z0tEN1yohtKKRvGXno11ZQMmx08_X49ISu8ZVgb4vMZaewTfKHaLmWwrfTKRY9sWxCtZ2sPv9iXvuU/s1600/IMG_3197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAlgXgN5kluYEYfKxKKFEWhvQnbXbgnFZwaresgJt1NDf3Pb1GZ6jydpXz2EU4Z0tEN1yohtKKRvGXno11ZQMmx08_X49ISu8ZVgb4vMZaewTfKHaLmWwrfTKRY9sWxCtZ2sPv9iXvuU/s320/IMG_3197.JPG" /></a></div><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Asymmetry:</span></span></b><i> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>1. Lack of balance; 2. Absense of symmetry in spatial arrangement or in logical relations</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Life is like this, for sure, although try as I might to make it logical and symmetrical. Even when much of my life seems to be operating or set in symmetry, there is usually at least one aspect of my life that is not. I began this mandala in sets of three, but in short order, my pattern got confused. Soon it became a less clear pattern and sets of four. Not what I intended, but I like it, non the less. Onward.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><b>Mosaic: </b></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. a.</span></i></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface. </span></i><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">b</span></i></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. The process or art of making such pictures or designs. </span></i><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2.</span></i></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> A composite picture made of overlapping, usually aerial, photographs. </span></i><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3</span></i></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Something that resembles a mosaic<b>.</b></span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If I can think of life as a mosaic, <i><b>"the process/art of making designs"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> or the overlapping pictures/experiences that make up this life, this design, </span></span></b></i>I will be in good shape. Too often, I am missing the bigger picture and get caught up in the small pieces, the little things. If I can remember that each of these small things is intended to create a bigger picture, an important design, daily life can be an exciting artistic process instead of a process filled with fear or tedious moments. Onward.</span>Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180852468457370061.post-68290507637366487292010-07-04T15:26:00.000-05:002010-07-04T15:26:59.429-05:00Day 90: Wood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaqJSO3_nhAYxqYxKrq0rkNmCnqXi-sk0JfQNFzFtyv55NLYwhlJ7TCHkjjizzRqL7CHHJBnWceSvdrPy0zQ27UIBCdPMl9jY1yUyBr1wNJIHZYoFG-Y2E8qMO8kgznbncbwm-UPRDj4/s1600/IMG_3194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaqJSO3_nhAYxqYxKrq0rkNmCnqXi-sk0JfQNFzFtyv55NLYwhlJ7TCHkjjizzRqL7CHHJBnWceSvdrPy0zQ27UIBCdPMl9jY1yUyBr1wNJIHZYoFG-Y2E8qMO8kgznbncbwm-UPRDj4/s320/IMG_3194.JPG" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><b>Wood: </b></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b><i>a. </i></b><i>The secondary xylem of trees and shrubs, lying beneath the bark and consisting largely of cellulose and lignin; </i><b><i>b. </i></b><i>This tissue, often cut and dried especially for use as building material and fuel.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Last night, I dreamed I was drilling a hole in a piece of wood, makng<b><i> something</i></b> - I don't know <i><b>wha</b></i><i><b>t</b></i>. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I looked up what this might mean in the world of dream interpretation and I like what I found. This interpretation seemingly confirms that I am working hard to creatively shape the course of my own life. I like, too, that there is a spiritual element to this dream/gesture as well.<br />
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<b>Dream Interpretation/dreaming of wood:</b> To dream that you are carving or shaping a piece of wood, indicates a power-giving act or creative gesture. You are molding or shaping the course of your own life. Alternatively, the wood may also symbolize spirituality and vital energy.</span></div>Mary T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13042332033187573480noreply@blogger.com0