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Jennifer Searls

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May 24, 2019

Keep Going – Austin Kleon

Reading

Walking is a way to find possibility in your life when there doesn’t seem to be any left. I am a big fan of Austin Kleon’s work and Keep Going is full of quotable lines, but this is one of my favorites right now. Not just a one time read, this book is packed with …

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May 23, 2019

fighting back

17 beats

Grey skies hang heavy so I go looking for these scrappy spots of gold.

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May 22, 2019

structure and meaning

17 beats

The learning goes ever on, but we called this the last day of school.

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May 22, 2019

The Trumpet of the Swan – E.B. White

Reading

I intend to get you what you need. I don’t know how I will manage this, but in the fullness of time it shall be accomplished. – said the cob to his son who had no voice Inspired by the Trumpeter Swans I see on my walks each day, I got a copy of The …

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May 21, 2019

blue sky sunshine!

17 beats

I’ve found the sunshine vitamin works best when taken with a blue sky.

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May 20, 2019

nutrigold to the rescue

17 beats

The sunshine vitamin matters in so many ways that I can tell.

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May 19, 2019

First Fruits

17 beats

Bright red stalkschopped and readyto serve as our first taste of the season.

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May 18, 2019

tricky time tracker

17 beats

The sun still sits high in the overcast sky at 8:30pm.

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May 17, 2019

Spring! she is the resurrection

17 beats

The color greenevery direction now – soul-filling,life-giving green. 

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May 17, 2019

after the storm

17 beats

Lightning, thunder, hail, and then a view of that moon in the evening sky.

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May 15, 2019

Both/And (v.spring)

17 beats

I shovel to think and I shovel because I do not have to think.

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May 14, 2019

rooting in the unknown

17 beats

To live herenow is to plant a row of apple trees in the backyard.

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May 13, 2019

#traumaticbraininjury

17 beats

Broken Bridgeswith detours yet unknown, not learned –Flash Flood freaky brain.

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May 12, 2019

to fill my heart

17 beats

My boy came in from his garden with a fist full of goldand that smile.

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May 11, 2019

whatcha thinking?

17 beats

I see youlooking at melooking at you – are you counting beats too?

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May 10, 2019

for these long grey days

17 beats

Surprisingly relevant on the 10th of May, little lights shine on.

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May 10, 2019

weeping, we pray.

Grief, Window Thinking

Our family watched the History Channel’s Jesus: His Life miniseries over Easter weekend. I learned about it via Scot McKnight on twitter awhile back when he mentioned that he had consulted on the project and was eager for people to see it. My attention was further perked by the list of advisors – people you …

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May 9, 2019

tern at the table

17 beats

A stall in the flight paththen sudden drop and head first splashfor dinner.

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May 8, 2019

rainy day bright side

17 beats

Our landscape is coming to life this week like a paint with water book.

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May 7, 2019

Ginger’s Garden #2

17 beats

It may be that Ginger thinks she needs to incubate her carrot seeds? 

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May 7, 2019

Sign says….

17 beats

This is Ginger’s Garden – planted for the dog who picks her own carrots.

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May 5, 2019

on this day so grey

17 beats

Praise for the greenspring leaves, unfolding new lifein a promise well kept.

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May 5, 2019

Water Is Life

17 beats

Today I ran for the voices I’ve heard:in needin hopeand in joy.

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May 3, 2019

The last of our snow is gone!

17 beats

Tonight we had a fire,marshmallows,and plans for summer fun to come.

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