So fellow travelers, Winter Storm Harper has me spending this extended weekend digging out in more ways than shoveling snow. “Pixie Dust ?” Really, Mike Seidel? Because S*N*O*W by any other name is still a four letter word which needs to be repeatedly shoveled. When I sat down to write my end of the year […]
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Reflections
So fellow travelers, 2018 draws to a close and time spent sorting through photos has me reflecting on the vast expanse of experiences this year brought. Sunrise in the High Desert For all the darkness of the low points which framed the first half of the year, I am beginning to glean the significance of […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on December 31, 2018
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Winter in Whiskey Hollow
So fellow travelers, the transition from Autumn to Winter has been grey, damp and chilly here in Central New York. Slight differences in temperatures determine whether it’s raining or snowing . Thick mats of wet leaves create slick patches almost as treacherous as ice. The sun is obscured by dense clouds for days at a […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on December 13, 2018
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Saved by Gratitude
So fellow travelers, today in the United States it is Thanksgiving Day. It is my favorite holiday because it’s primary focus is on two of my favorite human experiences: family and food, wrapped in an atmosphere of my favorite spiritual practice: gratitude. Even though this is another year without our daughters joining us at the […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on November 22, 2018
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Autumn Glow
So fellow travelers, a few days ago a vision of wind driven golden light caught my eye from an upstairs window. I had taken a mental health day to reset my perspective and that day had brought sunshine and milder temperatures, rare gifts for November in upstate NY. I’ve been working on tying up some […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on November 11, 2018
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Finding the Shore Again
So fellow travelers, oh hey yes, I am still here, wandering about the trails of life’s journey. Summit Trail, Mt. Arab New York Someone asked me recently if things had “become so terrible,” because I have not posted in quite a while. “Oh No,” I replied, “quite the contrary- my life is truly wonderful these […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 2, 2018
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Fading West*
So fellow travelers, a friend who reads my blog posts commented on the line I used at the end of a recent entry. Their point was well taken. “Nothing in (my) life would ever be the same” is indeed a rather sweeping claim. Being aware of the hyperbolic aura it casts, I did not use […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 13, 2018
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Listen
“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout. Till you have drench’d our steeples, drown’d the cocks*!” King Lear Act 3 Scene 2 So fellow travelers, like many of my creative tribemates I write to process my experiences. Yet, sometimes our experiences overwhelm our capacity to express what we feel. Raging storms of […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 11, 2018
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Poem: Even Madness Has Its Story
So fellow travelers, while the last few months ran with a kind of Alice down the Rabbit Hole feeling, the chaos often left me too perplexed and exhausted to find the words to process my experience. I was often blessed to find meaning through the writing of other members of my creative tribe. I am […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 10, 2018
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Push to the Finish Line
So fellow travelers, returning home from the Verdi road trip I received an enthusiastic greeting from my devoted trail companion Ms Delilah Granted I am blessed to be greeted in a similar manner when I come in from a trip to the grocery store. A greeting shorter in duration with less yapping perhaps, but just […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 9, 2018
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