The phone on the property of the MissFoundation in memory of Douglas https://www.mywindphone.com The Original Telephone of the Wind created by Itaru Sasaki.    The Phone of the Wind was created in Japan by its creator, Itaru Sasaki, while grieving his cousin who died of cancer. He purchased an old-fashioned phone booth and set it up in his garden. He installed an obsolete rotary phone not connected to wires or any “earthly system.” Here Itaru felt a continued connection to hi

Brandi, our first dog for Richard and me. This was taken in 1980 (Brandi, our first dog for Richard and me. This was taken in 1980.) We simply cannot always know how our actions and words may land for another? In this piece, I am focusing on the positive, nurturing, and life affirming moments, because I have no doubt, each of us could pen and produce books that might be in competition with, In Search of Lost Time , or Remembrance of Things Past,  by Marcel Proust, with a tota

Photo Credit: Grey Dobson, my grandson. I am currently reading, The Other Side of Yet,  by Michelle D. Hord. A brutiful  read as Glennon Doyle, refers to it, where brutal and beautiful collide, and both are true. How often do we find ourselves where we cannot return to our before , and our yet,  has not been revealed? The author writes, “make a hard pivot from before to yet.  Your only choice is to accept and save yourself. I choose to navigate a new world with a new set of c

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