A Happy New Year to you, dear family and friends.
I send you love, some photos and a few thoughts on
the first day of 2017.
Deep silent snow
powder pure
pristine surface
utterly still, icy
shimmering shining
brilliance,
sun lit glistening hiding life
covering
protecting
decayed, decomposed dormancy,
gestating quivering potential
waiting in the cold,
dark, deepness below
sun lit brilliance warming life
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| Tom with the roof rake... after he finished shoveling! Nice to have him around! |
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| Lauren came to Bend in the Spring and she and Alex came for Thanksgiving. |
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| Southeastern Oregon, the Oregon Outback... a magical terrain of wide open spaces, geological outcroppings, high desert landscapes, birds, wildlife and quiet. |
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| In September I returned to my beloved island in Maine, where I spent time as a child and now revisit as much as possible. My cousins still own the properties and are very welcoming to my visiting. |
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| Sunrise from the house on the island. |
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| Art piece designed and carved by a friend for our backyard. It nicely hides a part of one of the houses recently built behind us.  Being the officiant at the marriage of two dear friends was a beautiful and joyous experience. And such fun! It was held at Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR. |
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| My grandfather's cello and I are closer than ever before! |
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| Lauren in Machu Pichu, following in her mother's footsteps ...27 years later! |
In the year ahead...
May I practice open-heartedness and equanimity,
listening to and actually hearing all viewpoints...
May I acknowledge anxiety, but not become attached to that anxiety
and feed it to the point it becomes fear.
May I focus on transforming negative energy
into actions that will be of benefit.
May there be a miraculous awakening of wisdom, compassion and skillful action in the world.
May I focus on transforming negative energy
into actions that will be of benefit.
May there be a miraculous awakening of wisdom, compassion and skillful action in the world.
With love to you,
Dottie
