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mothering ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Today we sent a box to my wonderful daughter-in-law. And the grandson she’s carrying. (We included a bar of chocolate for my elder son… 🙂 ) Inside the box were 2 blankets — one my mother-in-law made so many years ago for my son. Carefully embroidered w/ slightly faded animals on white squares, surrounded by…
in a grain of sand ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
This picture is an entire poem to me. It’s taken from a great website, featuring the photography of Dr. Gary Greenberg. What do you see when you look at these tiny grains of Maui sand, photographed under a microscope? I see jewels. And having just spent a week on Maui, much of it on three…
poetry (again), practice, and beginner’s heart ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
If you know me at all, you know I’m not quite rational about poetry. Of course, poetry isn’t a rational subject. And writers of it tend to not be, either. How could we be? It’s all about stories and metaphor and images and following a silvery thread through the labyrinth of the human heart… How’s…
dancing to my own music ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I love this video. I’m indebted to a FB post by the amazing Parker Palmer — teacher, philosopher, thinker, and all-’round good rôle model — for the link. And the bright spot in a day otherwise dedicated to work (and yes, I know it’s Sunday). I love to dance. Not many opportunities these days —…
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