Thank you 💙

Thank you 💙

I’m in this terrifying and beautiful liminal space as my mother is transitioning to life eternal. It feels like keeping vigil, a mysterious place in the dark waiting for the light. The Burial Service from the Book of Common Prayer says it best: “In the midst of life we are in death.”

Thank you. Is the April reading guide for Sarton posted yet? Last time I checked it wasn't. I enjoyed following along with you.

Yes, I feel that deeply.

Ditto 😊

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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

Thank you. I'm grateful for that love. I sure need it. And same to you. 💖

I bought one and love it. Highly recommend

I accidentally hit delete on that annoying email. Oops. [That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.]

When you're listening to an audiobook thriller that is so good that when you pull into the work parking lot you don't know who you are or what you do

Watch a remake of Little House on the Prairie? My Gen X self says nope, nope, and triple nope.

I haven't read Service Berry yet but it's on my list.

With their biscuits

Tilly is a rock star

I own both of those same books. ❤️

I'm chairing a search for a full-time, tenure track position in theatre. The details are here. milligan.edu/job/assistan... #academic

In Praise of the Hermit Thrush and Composer Amy Beach birds, poems, and piano music, oh my

I am looking for beauty and peace wherever it can be found, and for me, the poetry of Mary Oliver and the piano music of Amy Beach are great starting points.

#poetry #music #Classicalmusic #Academic #musicstudies

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Amazing. Great memories activated.

Like Windex in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding

“We become what we have loved.” May Sarton, A World of Light #SundaySarton

What a fantastic statement.

Blue and purple swirling glazed vase with fresh cut flowers including white iris and purple tipped carnations

#SundaySarton

"Clutter is what silts up exactly like silt in a flowing stream when the current, the free flow of the mind, is held up by an obstruction...In the end what kills is not agony (for agony at least asks something of the soul) but everyday life." #SundaySarton

Glad to read this. I'm talking to my Worship Arts class on Tuesday about AI. This is helpful in my argument against it.

I'm dressed for the weather I want. In other words, I'm freezing.

Evidently I thought the answer to my problems and existential dread was purchasing several cute pencil cases. It's hard to argue against office supplies.

Amen to that