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Re: From the heart
« Reply #105 on: January 05, 2014, 12:32:38 PM »
Nanimal - what your Mom's cousin wrote is simply beautiful!  I am sure she touched many lives.  Thank you so much for sharing this with us.  Yes...this is definitely "a day brightener upper" kind of thing.  :)
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Re: From the heart
« Reply #106 on: January 05, 2014, 07:19:24 PM »
Thanks Faith and Glo.  Yes, Doris was wise and very kind. I'm glad her words brightened your day!
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They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth. ~ Henry Beston
REMEMBERING A GREAT MAN, 7-27-2015.  SOAR HIGH AND FREE, BOB
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Re: From the heart
« Reply #107 on: January 05, 2014, 07:54:59 PM »
I've always liked this poem.

God the Artist by Angela Morgan

God, when you thought of a pine tree,
How did you think of a star?
How did you dream of the Milky Way
To guide us from afar.
How did you think of a clean brown pool
Where flecks of shadows are?

God, when you thought of a cobweb,
How did you think of dew?
How did you know a spider's house
Had shingles bright and new?
How did you know the human folk
Would love them like they do?

God, when you patterned a bird song,
Flung on a silver string,
How did you know the ecstasy
That crystal call would bring?
How did you think of a bubbling throat
And a darling speckled wing?

God, when you chiseled a raindrop,
How did you think of a stem,
Bearing a lovely satin leaf
To hold the tiny gem?
How did you know a million drops
Would deck the morning's hem?

Why did you mate the moonlit night
With the honeysuckle vines?
How did you know Madeira bloom
Distilled ecstatic wines?
How did you weave the velvet disk
Where tangled perfumes are?
God, when you thought of a pine tree,
How did you think of a star?

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Re: From the heart
« Reply #108 on: January 06, 2014, 11:15:00 PM »
Thanks, GG. I'm glad the poem meant something to you. I had similar feelings after her service, wishing she had lived closer and that I had shared more time with her.  Fortunately, she's passed on gifts that will last.

Lovely poem, Walton. There's even beauty in this severely wintry weather!
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They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth. ~ Henry Beston
REMEMBERING A GREAT MAN, 7-27-2015.  SOAR HIGH AND FREE, BOB
Dad Decorah, always loved and remembered

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Re: From the heart
« Reply #109 on: January 08, 2014, 08:28:38 AM »
For the birds, GG, thanks.  I keep knocking the ice out of my little emergency bird bath container and refilling with water...many, many times this past week. Poor little things.
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They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth. ~ Henry Beston
REMEMBERING A GREAT MAN, 7-27-2015.  SOAR HIGH AND FREE, BOB
Dad Decorah, always loved and remembered

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Re: From the heart
« Reply #110 on: January 19, 2014, 08:18:05 PM »
Here's some beautiful little thoughts that hang in my bedroom:

"I do not wish you joy without a sorrow,
nor endless day without the healing dark,
nor brilliant sun without the restful shadow,
nor tides that never turn against your bark.

I wish you Love and Strength,
and Faith, and Wisdom, Goods
Gold enough to help some needy one.

I wish you Songs,
But also blessed Silence
and God's sweet Peace
when every day is done."

~Dorothy Nell McDonald
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Re: From the heart
« Reply #111 on: January 19, 2014, 08:54:44 PM »
Very nice, glog, thank you!
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« Reply #112 on: February 03, 2014, 08:23:35 PM »
Love it, GG, and the Cat Stevens version is my favorite.  Thank you!  :)
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Re: From the heart
« Reply #113 on: February 03, 2014, 09:07:40 PM »
Now you know I had to post this video, right? :)

gg - Stunning photo.  Absolutely gorgeous!  Thank you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylf62YYB4V8
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Re: From the heart
« Reply #114 on: February 04, 2014, 07:31:56 PM »
That is one of my favorite hymns at church!  Thank you GG and Glog.
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Re: From the heart
« Reply #115 on: February 17, 2014, 09:28:09 PM »
I meant to post this on Valentine's Day, but forgot.  One of my favorite eagle love stories:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/07/19/138478525/eagle-love-story-injured-mates-reunited-at-rehab-center
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Re: From the heart
« Reply #116 on: February 19, 2014, 08:49:51 AM »
Walton - that IS a perfect Valentine's story.  Thank you for posting it.
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« Reply #117 on: February 26, 2014, 08:12:14 AM »
Quote from: glogdog on February 03, 2014, 09:07:40 PM
Now you know I had to post this video, right? :)

gg - Stunning photo.  Absolutely gorgeous!  Thank you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylf62YYB4V8

Glog thank you for posting this..I love this song....everytime I hear it, or play it on the piano, I think of a dear friend...a former pastor...who  LOVES this song!!! A nice way to start my day!!! (And as you can tell from the lateness in responding, it has been a while since I have been here...I have to start doing better!!!! )
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Re: From the heart
« Reply #118 on: March 13, 2014, 06:22:49 AM »
Thank you, GG.  Perfect
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Re: From the heart
« Reply #119 on: March 13, 2014, 06:48:45 AM »
A beautiful tribute GG
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