Again Seeker
Tradition nearly by definition is doing something again. It’s a continuity of practice, celebration, or ritual. It can be religious or secular, familial or communal. It’s what we do year after year to celebrate the Christmastide. Some families open gifts on Christmas Eve. Others wait for Santa’s delivery and are awaken early by curious, excited…
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Keck is famous for his light-fluffy, pefectly mixed, great-tasting waffles. It was quite a surprise this morning when they were a little tough, a lot chewy, and not what we expecting. It was a mystery even to him. But no one complained. We simply ate the waffles, and were grateful that someone had the wherewithal…
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I don’t think I’ll ever forget the first time I heard this word. I was talking to a man named Kim from Denmark, a country that knows what deep dark at 5 p.m. really looks like in winter. It was the timbre of his voice, the whispered sanctity of the word. Hygge doesn’t exist in…
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I’m working away this afternoon and realize that I’m really hungry. I went into the kitchen only to discover that I left my waffle I left in the toaster. No wonder. I constantly have to feed myself and Keck and anyone else that’s here at dinnertime. As it turns out new kitchen gadgets make me…
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“I do not play this instrument so well as I should wish to, but I have always supposed that to be my own fault because I would not take the trouble of practicing.” Elizabeth Bennet, pride and prejudice by jane austen I love this quote. I lived it. I play the piano very ill. Because…
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There’s an again in prayer. I pray again and again. I do it because it’s a conversation between me and Christ. A lifeline connection to God. Some people think I do it to change the situation. Some, to change people. Mostly I do it because it changes me. It’s why the words in Luke 11…
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This morning Keck told me, “I love you on this made up holiday.” I laughed, and said, “I love you, too.” Love never gives up.Love cares more for others than for self.Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.Love doesn’t strut,Doesn’t have a swelled head,Doesn’t force itself on others,Isn’t always “me first,”Doesn’t fly off the handle,Doesn’t…
Read MoreA few days ago, I requested more words for my list of again words. After a few of you gave me some input, I placed them in alphabetical order, ticked off the ones I have used, added all the new ones and came up with 193 words that begin with the prefix {re}. Phew! Yes,…
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I woke up this morning with a song stuck in my head. It was an old, gospel song. If I told you its name some of you would go scouring the Internet for it and others of you would know how ancient I really am. The earworm didn’t go away until about noon. I tried…
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