Category: Poetic Rambling
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Lughnasadh: Harmony with Nature by Amy Kortum
Lughnasadh, celebrated on August 1, is a Gaelic seasonal festival honoring the Celtic god Lugh. It’s the time of the first harvest of fruits and grains, and baking bread from those grains. Lugh is known for his blacksmithing, craftsmanship, warrior…
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Daily Walk
I walk.Each day, usually. For health.For strength.For sanity. To clear the noise.To welcome silence.To hear what’s underneath. I walk to put thoughts in line.Or to let them scatter.To remember. To forget.To forgive. It is my ritual.My rebellion.My prayer in motion.
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New Day
Life is running alongside us begging us to take hold,literally feeding us with all it has,surrounding us with an invisible yet visible bountiful blanket. How easy it is to be blinded by the beautiful abundance,as we wake up to a…
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The Scale of Indifference
The original Hermès Birkin bag just sold at auction for $10 million. When I saw the headline, while reading the news at 3 am due to being jet lagged- I had the urge to write about it.Because it reveals something…
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Kindness in a Wild World
Small gestures do have an impact, don’t they? I must remind myself daily that they do, that the small kindnesses are powerful tools for change.