Category Archives: Nature

Savoring Our Way To Well-being

Originally posted on Mermaid and the Marsh:
savor: to taste, smell or experience something with pleasure Pause and savor, pause and savor.… The Universe has been sending this repeated reminder recently of the importance to our well-being of the simple…

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Light On Our Feet

Nimble; agile; capable of moving in a quick and graceful way When we are light on our feet, we can change direction quickly, and move with more ease. We’re more adaptable. And we shift with less unnecessary effort, so we … Continue reading

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Our Most Vibrant Selves

  Six or more sparkling Baltimore orioles and a couple of zesty hummingbirds have been feeding in the cherry tree outside our kitchen for much of the past few days.  What a gift! Dazzling orange is what first caught my … Continue reading

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Showing Up: Life Lessons from Dancing

Originally posted on Mermaid and the Marsh:
To show up is to be present, and open.  And ultimately, it is to be vulnerable. I’ve been thinking a lot about showing up lately, as I am back at it with a…

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Got Demons?

Regal and huge egrets have returned to the marsh, so commanding in their power, grace, and tenacity.  And yet, to our surprise, red-winged blackbirds that are about 1/20 the egrets’ size have frequently been initiating pestering the egrets.  Pecking at … Continue reading

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dreams blossoming, undaunted

silent still~ only seemingly~ her steely fluidity respires dreams’ reach into reality as stars stud winter’s cape, trailing our souls: spring

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being like water

Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
let me be like water still echoing a mirror reflection connecting without adhering and yes, always flowing an internal knowing the eternal let me be like water ? ? ?

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Grace Is A Rainbow

Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
Grace.  I think about it a lot.  As a dancer, of course, but also as a human being. Grace is a funny and amazing thing.  People talk about it a lot, yet often have trouble…

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Keeping On…and On

  “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out … Continue reading

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Unexpected Radiance

One reason I love living on this marsh so much is that on a late afternoon like this one, I’ll be sitting sipping my hot tea, watching the steely clouds roll in relentlessly, engulfing us like some deep, cold grief, … Continue reading

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