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The Archaeologist of Creativity
2026-07-14 02:00 UTC by Corey

The beads are old, tiny glass survivors, many more than a century old. Once they swayed from the fringes of electric lamps and evening purses, until fabric surrendered and only the beads remained. 

Lizzie found them everywhere:  forgotten bags on eBay, shredded purses, mysterious little packets filled with mismatched fragments....

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Healing the Image of Ourselves
2026-07-13 02:00 UTC by Corey

Claire Sparkle sits on my lap while we read, one hand holding the book, the other finding my chin. She moves it back and forth.

“Do you like wiggling my double chin?” I ask.

“It’s soft,” she says, as if she were touching a bunny’s ear.

She has no idea that I have spent years wishing away that part of...

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2026-07-12 04:00 UTC

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Old Friend,Dear Friend
2026-07-12 02:00 UTC by Corey

Old friends, dear friends—the kind of friends you may not see for a while, yet reconnect with from the very first breath. That is true friendship: the kind that lasts forever, weathers every season, and runs both deep and wide.

Jennifer and I have been friends for over 30 years. She knows me so well. Isn’t it a wonderful thing to be...

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Letting Go of Fear- Learning to with Guidance
2026-07-11 02:00 UTC by Corey

I’ve been afraid of dogs my entire life— for no known reason— most animals, really. My friend Jennifer has loved dogs for as long as I’ve known her, and her chocolate Lab ( chocolate doesn’t that say it sweet) is calm, timid, impossibly gentle.

She has slowly challenged my fear— sat by my feet or rested at my side. I reached...

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Filoli Historic House & Garden, Woodside, California.
2026-07-10 02:00 UTC by Corey

Filoli is a grand country home and garden completed in 1917 for William Bowers Bourn II, whose world stretched from California mines to banks and reservoirs. Architect Willis Polk gave that ambition a graceful form. Bruce Porter gave it a landscape that continues to evolve more than a century later.

Garden rooms unfold one after another....

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Home Bound
2026-07-09 11:00 UTC by Corey

I know I am going to be jet lagged- I always am. More to come when I can open my eyes.

I am so happy xx


 

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