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stephanieraffelock
May 20, 20132 min read
With Wild Abandon
The chores of Saturday somehow soothe me. The act of putting things in their place marks the ending and the beginning of the cycle. I...
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stephanieraffelock
May 17, 20131 min read
Simple Beauty
At first it seemed that there was just a pile of stuff on the ledge, nothing particularly orderly and then one day, it was finished. She...
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stephanieraffelock
May 12, 20135 min read
Sufficiency, Sustainability and the Dreaded Common Good
My Closet (Photo credit: kian esquire) Sufficiency: What is enough? A small closet of clothes that can be worn to the office, and a few...
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stephanieraffelock
May 7, 20133 min read
A Hallway Full of Doors
Aldous Huxley, “The Doors of Perception”—I read it when I was seventeen– stories of a consciousness expanded with a psychedelic –the...
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stephanieraffelock
May 2, 20132 min read
Spring Hopes Eternal
“Great morning, isn’t it?” I called out. He smiled without turning. “I believe I can finally put the snow boots away,” he said. We were...
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stephanieraffelock
Apr 30, 20132 min read
I Write My Life
Aside from a few newspaper articles and a couple of magazine pieces (I wrote a piece for Quilter’s Magazine once) and few big blogs like...
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stephanieraffelock
Apr 28, 20132 min read
Life Lessons From a Pack of Teenaged Girls
One young woman, adorable in her black and white bikini, also wore a grey wool hat. She stood in front of the full-length mirror...
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stephanieraffelock
Apr 23, 20133 min read
Emotional Balancing Act and Other Musings on What’s Positive and What’s Not
I am not certain if “making the world a better place” is something that we are taught or if it’s something that rises up from within us....
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stephanieraffelock
Apr 18, 20134 min read
Number 42
Jackie Robinson swinging a bat in Dodgers uniform, 1954. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Here is something that both of my parents gave to me:...
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stephanieraffelock
Apr 12, 20134 min read
Musings on Living Fully
Twenty-five years ago, tennis was my game. I loved the feeling of getting up early and hitting for an hour before work. I loved the cute...
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stephanieraffelock
Apr 9, 20132 min read
Dreams of a Restless Night
Enormous in the sky, a full moon cast a glittering ribbon of light upon the dark, black waters, a path that if followed leads you to the...
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stephanieraffelock
Apr 6, 20133 min read
Too Big To Function
Bank of America Tower (Photo credit: Wikipedia) How did we get so big? When I was a kid there were local shops where I bought school...
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stephanieraffelock
Apr 2, 20134 min read
Ladies of the Canyon
Cover of Ladies of the Canyon Topanga Canyon was a place filled with old homes, built in the 1930’s as resort homes for movie stars. A...
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stephanieraffelock
Apr 1, 20133 min read
Doing the Leibster
Some mornings, most mornings, I wake up with the committee blaring in my head. There is the usual to-do list, then a tremendous amount...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 31, 20132 min read
Songs of Spring
A box was delivered on Saturday. I had ordered some small French pots for the front porch, anticipating the garden center at Home Depot...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 30, 20132 min read
Nasty, Bad, Stupid Flu!
There we were, going along our merry little way, in a day-to-day that was feeling pretty good, pretty optimistic. And then, there it...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 26, 20132 min read
The Story You Are In
Sometimes it seems so clear; where I am and who I am and what story is unfolding. I had grandparents that slept in separate bedrooms;...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 24, 20133 min read
Snog And Dog– Life Lessons From a Labrador Retriever
The word snog is a combination made-up word, for which there is not another word, and that’s why it had to be made up. Snog equals snow...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 23, 20132 min read
A Smith Corona and Wild Weeds
Spiral journals came after that, more poetry and lyrics to songs, short stories about my parents divorce. I swooned over Anis Nin and May...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 21, 20133 min read
Blogging Practice
Women’s Voices – Natalie Goldberg The new Natalie Goldberg book arrived from Amazon yesterday. Before the sun came up, I made a cup of...
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