It has been 144 days since my last post here. Where, you ask, have I been? Down Rabbit holes which lead nowhere On side trails leading elsewhere and on inner journeys going everywhere This morning, I found the tallest sunflower in my garden lying face down on the ground. My neighbors tell me there has […]
Fallen Giants
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on September 29, 2021
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Three Generations
Today marks a very special Mother’s Day, as our family recently welcomed a third generation. The arrival of a sweet young daughter born to my nephew and his wife mean my wonderful Mom is now a great-grandmother. The day she got to meet this sweet new baby, my sister-in-law told me Mom sang a Japanese […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on May 9, 2021
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This Morning
So fellow travelers, when I woke up this morning , as on most mornings, the first thing I saw was a photo of our two daughters. However, unlike any other morning, this morning when I saw their beautiful faces I realized I was thankful they actually do not look more Asian. And that breaks […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 18, 2021
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Sally’s Story
So fellow travelers, today I’m taking a break from my own“ memoirs of a pandemic year” to honor a very special team of women and one very lucky dog. This is Sally. On March 8th, sweet Sally succumbed to congestive heart failure. This is her story, shared with permission of all the amazing earth angels […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 13, 2021
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Dreaming of Snow Geese
While we’ve flipped the calendar page from February to March, the ever fickle weather gods of CNY have decided to flip backwards from February to January making the first week of March monotonous, blustery and grey. Even our dog agrees it’s unpleasant for walking. Worse still, I imagine any spring migrants are feeling pretty discouraged […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 9, 2021
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The Error of Our Ways
So fellow travelers, much of the currently circulating narrative looks back on where we all were a year ago before “life as we knew” it changed so dramatically. The post I was crafting with a similar focus has a distinctly depressing tone and heaven knows I really do not want to add to the pervasive pandemic […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 8, 2021
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A New Song
Greetings, fellow travelers! Yes it has been a long and silent month here. The struggle to find ways to adapt has moved to a deeply personal level and my energies have been focused elsewhere. I am ok, yet many I know are not. And, the ongoing warfare between narratives troubles me- it has stifled my ability […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 3, 2021
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In the Winter of Peril
“Conflict is seductive- navigate it consciously.” Lee Harris So fellow travelers, one week ago here in the United States, new leadership took charge of our country, and in the week since I have become gradually aware of waking up with a growing sense of relief and a marked absence of background anxiety, even as we […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 28, 2021
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Gentle Blossom
So fellow travelers, yesterday brought a gathering of cousins and another farewell. My husband’s aunt passed from this life peacefully, a week ago today. Aunt Mary was the oldest and, at 102, also the last surviving of her seven siblings. She always insisted she would live to be 100 and like anything she set her mind […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 10, 2021
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