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susanalabordeblaj
Dec 2, 20181 min read
"Quo Vadis", by William Stafford
Sometimes I choose a cloud and let it cross the sky floating me away. Or a bird unravels its song and carries me as it flies deeper and...
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susanalabordeblaj
Dec 1, 20182 min read
"Time", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
On time for my 7 am class at Imagine, I cross A Ave exactly at the same time that a man crosses it walking in the opposite direction. I...
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susanalabordeblaj
Oct 18, 20182 min read
"To let it go", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
I have been reflecting on the nature and purpose of attachment, and reminding myself of Mary Oliver’s words when she says: “To live in...
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susanalabordeblaj
Sep 22, 20181 min read
About Happiness, by Agnes Repplier
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is impossible to find it elsewhere. #quotation #AgnesRepplier
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susanalabordeblaj
Sep 4, 20181 min read
"Being a Person", by William Stafford
Be a person here. Stand by the river, invoke the owls. Invoke winter, then spring. Let any season that wants to come here make its own...
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susanalabordeblaj
Aug 28, 20181 min read
"At Blackwater Pond", by Mary Oliver
At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a long time. It tastes like...
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susanalabordeblaj
Aug 28, 20181 min read
"Appreciation", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
Some time ago the bus I take got rerouted. It’s a long story and to make it short I will just say that I never really knew, for a few...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jul 23, 20181 min read
"Time for Serenity, Anyone?", by William Stafford
I like to live in the sound of water, in the feel of mountain air. A sharp reminder hits me: this world is still alive, it stretches out...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jun 5, 20181 min read
"My Species", by Jane Hirshfield
even a small purple artichoke boiled in its own bittered and darkening waters grows tender, grows tender and sweet patience, I...
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susanalabordeblaj
May 18, 20181 min read
"We shape the clay...", by Lao Tzu
We shape the clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. #laotzu #quotation
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susanalabordeblaj
Apr 23, 20181 min read
"Poppies", by Mary Oliver
The poppies send up their orange flares; swaying in the wind, their congregations are a levitation of bright dust, of thin and lacy...
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susanalabordeblaj
Mar 27, 20182 min read
"Kindness & Changing Patterns", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
Entering the U.S.A. after our last trip to Mexico, I had a little nostalgia floating in my soul. I remembered the warmth and kindness of...
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susanalabordeblaj
Mar 24, 20181 min read
Rainer Maria Rilke: "I,1"
The hour is striking so close above me, so clear and sharp, that all my senses ring with it. I feel it now: there's a power in me to...
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susanalabordeblaj
Mar 2, 20183 min read
"Flat Tires", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
I overheard the driver was no longer going to do this route, so today was most likely the last day I exchanged a few words with this kind...
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susanalabordeblaj
Dec 2, 20172 min read
"Counteracting obstacles", by Susana Laborde-Blaj
For a 54 year old woman who grew up with the taste of corn, sunshine all year long and the dry soil of central and northern Mexico, it...
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susanalabordeblaj
Dec 2, 20171 min read
"Zazen on Ching-t'ing Mountain", by Li Po
The birds have vanished down the sky. Now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain...
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susanalabordeblaj
Sep 20, 20171 min read
"Landscape", by Mary Oliver
Landscape Mary Oliver Isn't it plain the sheets of moss, except that they have no tongues, could lecture all day if they wanted about ...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jul 19, 20171 min read
"Enough...", by David Whyte
Enough. These few words are enough. If not these words, this breath. If not this breath, this sitting here. This opening to the life ...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jul 11, 20171 min read
"Upstream" excerpt, by Mary Oliver
Sometimes the desire to be lost again, as long ago, comes over me like a vapor. With growth into adulthood, responsibilities claimed me,...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jun 30, 20171 min read
Welcoming Summer
Gratitude is the word I think of as the colors become more vibrant in Nature. While researching and reviewing material to prepare for the...
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