Category: Memoir
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I attended a tribal gathering this past Saturday with my husband in Mesa Grande, California. We were each given a large reusable shopping bag, a raffle ticket, a $7 food ticket and a tee shirt. The event was free. This worked out well with our empty pockets. No doubt the casino in Mesa Grande helps…
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The organizers of the Native American Flute Circle were celebrating five years of its existence. They meet on the afternoon of the third Sunday at San Luis Rey Restaurant and Bakery, where wonderful Mexican food is served free to the participants in the flute circle. Jim and I had salads with nopal cactus and beans.…
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I wake up, think of my home and the relaxed way my spirit feels to belong there. I remember the horrible heist of my property and I recoil. I want this crime witnessed, and there You are in Your chariot and there I am beside You. Your arm is around my shoulder pulling me close…
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This. morning I realized that there is a difference between having an opinion and making a judgment. If I have an opinion, I am still willing to talk to you about your opinion, even if it’s different from mine. Once I’ve made a judgment, I’m no longer open to discussion about differing opinions. I’m right,…
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At my mother’s memorial Dimas was wearing a fancy blue shirt that reminded me of a mariachi band uniform. As my mother’s friends and relatives were gathering, in what used to be my parents’ lake picnic area, for the service, Dimas seemed to be following me trying to get my attention. I walked the other…
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I’m 40% through the book, “Confessions of a Prayer Slacker,” by Diane Moody. Last night I enjoyed reading about the excuses we sometimes give for not spending time in meditation and prayer. Although the book is Christian orientated, I translate it to my more inclusive outlook. The writer gave an example of a Christian teenager having…
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Getting up before dawn, eating some fruit, seeds and grain that I put to soak the night before, brushing my teeth and getting back in bed with nutrition in my tummy. This is year 25. I have been doing that for 19 days every March since becoming a devotee of Baha’u’llah. ;25 Years, I have belonged…
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As I approached the Sacred Garden this morning, thinking to offer my usual mantra, my Lord appeared with a look that said, “Please don’t offer a meaningless repetition.” My spirit drank in the Holy Presence in a wordless meditation. The mind eventually began composing a summary of the experience. You must root out superstition from your…
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The medical-pharmaceutical industry has a tendency to steer patients to treatments and/or drugs that generate profits for the industry and those in it, while other treatments, that may be just as effective, less invasive, and less expensive, are not discussed. This is in part due to the education health care providers receive that tends to…
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There was an email from WordPress, lesson one of my blogging course, asking, Who am I and what am I doing here? I’m here because I’m bashful. I don’t like striking up conversations with strangers. Fortunately my husband was the one who went out, flagged down the man driving by, and asked if he would…
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