Tag: birds
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The Chicken Question ~
Tonight’s post is a little different. I want to talk about chickens. Not in a self-righteous way, and certainly not to lecture anyone, but simply to reflect on something that struck me today. We see these beautiful creatures all around the world—brightly colored, proud, and, in their own way, magnificent. Yet, at the same time,…
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The Drive to Create
Today I was watching a flock of geese in the sky and was stopped by the beauty of how they just ‘are’. They simply do what they were meant to do, as does everything else in nature. But while animals and plants follow their natural course, we humans are different. We are driven—sometimes even haunted—by…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 73/365
Hi again from Germany. The sun is finally shining bright the and the days are starting to stretch and yawn loudly with the music of birds around here. Where do the birds hide in winter time? You still see some of them here and there but as spring comes closer they start to sing their…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 67/365
Today this image of the ethnic woman that I took in China triggered in me thoughts of lightness and weight. As I live and get older I feel the weight of my history and all that has happened in it. I picture my life events as packages and bags that we have had to carry…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 33/354
Good Morning, It has been raining so much here in Dubai the last two days, it reminds me that anything can happen despite our projections and familiar expectations. A good resolution this for me this year is openness mixed with flexibility to be able to meet the unknown with more resilience. The future is here…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 21/365
Good Morning, Today the Winter Solstice takes place at 10:59 local time here in Germany. Our beautiful planet will start to swing her hips back the other way and tilt her axis to begin our journey into longer days. We start the astronomical winter today and changes are expected to happen, well because they actually…
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This Too Shall Pass~
This year we have all lived to some extent the opening words of ‘Tale of two cities’, haven’t we? Upheaval, breakdown of old systems, pandemic, loss, economic collapse, social and physical isolation, poverty, fear, uncertainty, extreme weather, unstable leadership and so much more… Yet, somehow, something extremely bright filters through our planet at this time,…
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The lighter side of being~
To look up every once in a while To see what sees more than we see To believe in something higher To live with the magic of the unseen Is to live and live and live Day 48 of 365~ Images taken today as I looked up in Limburg an der Lahn
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The Urgent Call for Frequency Upgrade~
Every once in a while, we humans get this unrelenting urge to make a change, to alter our circumstances in order to make room for a new frequency to make home in our lives and the urge is so persistent that if we do not succumb to it, pain can ensue in our own lives.…
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As Close as it Gets to Heaven~ Inle Lake
Some places on our planet are just breathtakingly beautiful, but with Inle it’s not just that, it’s people, the light, the birds, the gentle nature of the dream like landscape; they all come together to make a paradise you wish you never have to leave. All I can think of leaving it is how and…