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July’s Midsummer Idyll – Lake of the Isles Walk in Minneapolis

Our carefree days are receding as the summer moves swiftly along. T Continue reading

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First Red Rose = Flowers and Friends

I want to acknowledge my friends who send me pictures and recipes to share on this blog. They are generous, kind and wise. From them I learn to be a tolerant and a better person. Continue reading

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A Contemplative Life = Camera Obscura* – Poem for a Poet

Ted is a poet and teacher of poetry, who has kindly published some of my poems in Canada in Transitions Magazine. Ted Dyck is the editor of this regional magazine. Continue reading

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A Contemplative Life = A little Further Along The Way – Spring in Whittier

Spring arrives

flowers bloom in this time of tribulation Continue reading

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A Contemplative Life – The Iris Painting on a Folding Screen = Returned

Folding Screen with Dutch Irises

It was our student days,

When he asked me to paint a folding screen with irises. Continue reading

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