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Nature’s Beauty Of Diversity

– Posted in: Beca’s Blog

While walking one morning, I had a magical experience. As I turned the corner onto the next street, the world went silent. Not nature. The world. I made no sound. My feet were silent. My breath was silent. It was if the person I call me wasn’t there. I was a camera moving through the [...]

Choose Beauty In Change

– Posted in: Beca’s Blog

As much as we might wish it, nothing stays the same. It never did. And now, everything changes so quickly, and often, it may feel impossible to keep up both physically and emotionally. Often we pretend it isn’t happening, thinking that if change doesn’t affect us directly, perhaps we can sit it out. We may [...]

Sometimes We Have To Pivot

– Posted in: Beca’s Blog

We’ve passed the halfway point in our Say Yes year. It’s time to look at how that’s going. A crucial thing that we are learning is that in order to say yes to what we want, we have to say no to things we don’t want. That’s not too hard. But sometimes we have to [...]

Do You Choose To Change

– Posted in: Beca’s Blog

Writing in coffee shops is an interesting experience. Even though I am not there to listen in on conversations, in fact, I try to block them out, sometimes it can’t be helped. One Friday morning, I didn’t arrive early enough to get my usual by-myself-seat, so I ended up on the back bench waiting for [...]

Are You Stuck In Grape Jelly?

– Posted in: Beca’s Blog

We run three bird restaurants at our house. We placed them as close as possible to windows, so we always have a clear view of the endless stream of the many kinds of birds that come to dine. While I watch the birds through the window, I often carry on conversations with them, although probably [...]

Which View Do You Want To See?

– Posted in: Beca’s Blog

Our third floor window looked out onto a stand of trees. During the summer they provided a beautiful green curtain, and in the fall a glorious riot of color. Then one day, fall ended, and the leaves were gone, revealing a different view. Some of it was delightful. I could see the paths through the [...]

Something Has Changed

– Posted in: Beca’s Blog

Something has changed. Not the obvious-temperature, light, leaves change, seasons–something else caused the birds to descend on the feeders and devour the seeds. Instead of the month it usually takes to eat empty the thistle seed feeder, it took a few days. In Tai Chi, holding the standing-at-the-stake pose with the rest of the class, [...]

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