A Pan Handling Dilemma

 A Pan Handling Dilemma

Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.com “People don’t like to see homelessness,” he said, adding he felt like perhaps the community would rather the homeless, “be out of sight.”   — Steve Huston                                                   Waiting in his truck at the stoplight, Aiden noticed the man dressed in a green leprechaun suit and hat (yes, really) who was holding a black decorated…

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Hocus Pocus Focus

Three lady slippers in the top third of photo One morning when Aiden was coming back from a walk with his dog, he saw a lady slipper. Most of us know it is an endangered wildflower and not to pick or transplant it. After taking care of his dog, he went back into the woods to take a picture of it. He found it and thought it was the only one which had normally been the case for him. He began to…

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Was Always a Dream, Part I

“Every night I lie in bedThe brightest colors fill my headA million dreams are keeping me awakeI think of what the world could beA vision of the one I see” In keeping with the Pride month of June, I have a story for you that continues into today. So that we are all on the same page, not all of you reading this may know what I mean by Pride. “The word ‘pride’ is an integral cultural concept…

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Comfort or Distress

“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.”— Michael Jackson This experience was described by a nurse: “On Saturday 3/27 we had a patient that went into a rapid decline. At the time the patient…

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Surfing with Spirit, Part 2

My Prayer for Today: Now Gentle Spirit, take my lips and speak through them; take my mind and think through it; take my heart and set it on fire for good. Amen Rev Judy Voght, Minister at Unity Spiritual Center of Gulfport Last week began the Surfing with Spirit mini-series, https://revairin.wordpress.com/2024/07/16/surfing-with-spirit/ , and I gave you an exercise to get your feet ‘wet’. No…

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A Coloring book World Part II

“Colour, it seems, is in the eye of the beholder. As the saying goes: “We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.”     The Nature of Things review of Living Colour documentary 1 Last week I introduced the idea of reflecting on how you color your world by using quotes and poetry. I have always loved brightly colored things such as a red plaid shirt or a plain read chamois shirt.…

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