Tag: life
member name: Carol Voigts
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July 26, 2006 03:45 PM EDT --
I just got word that a friend has been diagnosed with both liver and lung cancer and the prognosis is not good for her. After worrying about her for a couple of days, I wrote her this poem. . . .
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November 24, 2006 10:53 PM EST --
Am I from DNA molecules created by a roiling pool of ammonia, H2O, and carbon chains?
Or am I from fairies who brought me to the cabbage patch?
Could I be from reincarnations of a soul lost in . . .
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January 09, 2006 09:05 PM EST --
My stepson, Rodney is a joy!. A Downs Syndrome boy, sparkles our day with conversations of repeated exclamations. "Cold outside", at least 4 times before 10 am. Or "he's bad" . . .
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February 06, 2006 04:58 PM EST --
Ben the Wonder Dog
We got him the year the twins turned three. Lively two were wearing us thin and they needed a wrestlin' dawg. This one was . . .
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April 16, 2007 04:22 PM EDT --
I’ve long been an advocate of living a sustainable life, having been a “back to the Earth” family starting in the early 70’s. We moved to a small farm, with the purpose of giving . . .
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February 23, 2006 11:46 PM EST --
A Purpose In Life
I have always been a purpose driven person. Serious as a child, I took the lessons of good behavior to heart early. My parents said I never disobeyed them, and as I remember, . . .
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November 12, 2006 12:39 AM EST --
hope and comfort
To a friend who is in the last stages of "Lou Gehrig 's Disease"
Our lives cross and intertwine
Neighbors, family and kindly friends
When as on this road . . .
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January 30, 2006 04:36 PM EST --
Cooking from the Larder, Part II
Everyone loves herb tea, right? I do too, and I've tried all the ones that are on the market. Most of them are just run of the mill, and a few stand out as good. . . .
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December 19, 2005 10:45 PM EST --
Cooking From The Larder
Part I
Cooking From The Larder Dec. 2005
Part I
I've always tried to use what I have at hand to make our meals. In fact I've taken great pride in developing that skill, . . .
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March 29, 2006 12:24 AM EST --
"Gram, wait until you see the material I just got at Glen's!"
"Oh honey, it'll be perfect. Look at those oranges"
"Well, can we cut it out now?"
"Cut what . . .
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July 18, 2006 08:59 PM EDT --
The stifling heat is magnified by the humidity, both of which are pressing down on me. Making a decision not to be slothful, in spite of the available excuse today, I take out the bucket and the plastic . . .
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May 11, 2006 09:49 AM EDT --
A Curious Man
Some called Dad a strange duck. Others admired him. Dad had the reputation as a walking encyclopedia. The family had learned early on not to ask him how the water pump (or any other contraption) . . .
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May 24, 2006 01:22 AM EDT --
Now you have to know I've kinda been on the wagon, garage and estate sale-wise. It just takes too much of my project time (I'm busy on Gather, painting, doing music stuff and gardening, among other . . .
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January 18, 2006 12:55 PM EST --
How interesting about the Supreme Court decision of doctor-assisted suicide and the negative reaction from the Religious Right. This "End of Life" issue brought this reaction from a Pat Robertson-founded . . .
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January 20, 2006 10:25 PM EST --
In 1996 I was given Tobey. Actually I think I rescued Tobey. The woman who didn't want him, had gotten another big dog, and advertised around school she was wanting to dispose of this 2 year . . .
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January 22, 2006 11:37 PM EST --
Ever notice how that laugh is contagious from one end of life to the other
The toothless baby grinning in the stroller
The kindergartner giggling at the puppy in the . . .
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February 09, 2006 12:59 AM EST --
The girls looked at me.
The look itself asked the question.
I was serving liver. It was delicious!
Everyone knew I served liver on Tuesdays.
Their cousin looked helplessly at them
Cindy grabbed the . . .
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February 28, 2006 12:16 AM EST --
Chickie--Blossom-- Cindersue-- Pookey-- Mokey-- BooBoo-- Soup--Matchew--Totumbomb--Gallepoochiepup--Rootie----what on Earth are these. Nothing you recognize? Well, they are the equivalent . . .
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February 16, 2006 01:12 AM EST --
Well, we live out in the boonies. I mean remote. Not the place that most teenagers would like to live. Nearly all the students are bussed into school from a radius of 30 . . .
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February 19, 2006 03:40 PM EST --
This is a review of Michael Lerner's new book
The politics of faith
The Left Hand of God Taking Back Our Country From the Religious Right Michael Lerner HarperSanFrancisco: 408 pp., $24.95
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