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Lake notes

“Not every lake dreams to be an ocean. Blessed are the ones who are happy with whom they are.” ― Mehmet Murat ildan “Looking out over the lake, I felt enveloped in the most peaceful, loving utopia.” ― Laurie Kahn “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul … Continue reading Lake notes

Florence BrooksJuly 10, 2016July 9, 20162 Comments
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Morning Musings

“All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.” ― Martha Graham       Continue reading Morning Musings

Florence BrooksJuly 7, 2016July 8, 2016Leave a comment
Be Well

Fresh Air

I’ll admit some days I feel out of sorts, discombobulated, a little off. And although there’s much to be valued from time with family and friends, reading a good book, lunch at Panera or even a bubble bath, at times, even all of this comes up short. But there is one thing that can usually put my mind, my heart, my spirit back in place … Continue reading Fresh Air

Florence BrooksJune 13, 2016June 12, 2016Leave a comment
Poetry

Watching

The light has come. The sun slowly rising into a canopy of blue casting its golden rays on ancient cypress and native pine. A heron stands at attention waiting to salute the day. A blackbird shouts a hearty welcome stirring slumbering girls with its raucousness. And I wait and watch for the light to penetrate the darkness, to reach places I cannot see, yet I … Continue reading Watching

Florence BrooksAugust 10, 2015August 18, 2016Leave a comment
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