Tag Archives: mindfulness

Gratitude

Posted on December 1, 2021 by msw blog

How Do you express gratitude toward those you love?

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Advice for a Writer

Posted on November 29, 2021 by msw blog

Make your work. Find a way to make your work. I think that’s the best way to see if your work has legs. So, many times as writers, we’re in our own heads, literally. And people don’t really like to … Continue reading →

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Love

Posted on November 28, 2021 by msw blog

My grandson, a toddler on the go, and I, his grandfather with Parkinson’s, have a closeness around matters of motion. He knows that I can’t carry or lift him, so he climbs into my lap. It worries me that he … Continue reading →

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Food

Posted on November 26, 2021 by msw blog

Food imaginatively and lovingly prepared, and eaten in good company, warms the being with something more than the mere intake of calories. I cannot conceive of cooking for friends or family, under reasonable conditions, as being a chore.”— Marjorie Kinnan … Continue reading →

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Hello, Old Friend

Posted on November 23, 2021 by msw blog

Grief was that relative I heard stories about. I knew her in the way I knew Uncle Gerald, someone I never met but learned so much about. Then my husband died, and there Grief was, shaking my hand. I offered … Continue reading →

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