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Category: breathing

Dead Week ...

Helena Fitzgerald wrote a lovely article in The Atlantic about the week we are currently living in. The lovely week between Christmas and the first full week of January. A week Fitzgerald lovingly calls "Dead Week." Please enjoy her words ... ********* Dead Week isn’t a week off for everyone, or at least the thing […]

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But for now ...

I have things I want to write about, stuff to say, to ponder, to wonder about with you. But for now, my mind and heart are with our country as we toggle between what feels like sanity and insanity. Between name-calling and human dignity. Between misogyny and trusting women. Between racism and a love of […]

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The peace of the forest ...

Chuck and I drove out to our new treehouse in the woods last night. We deliberately didn't listen to news on the drive. No music, either. Just casual catching up, the easy conversation of almost 40 years of the deepest kind of friendship. It was a beautiful summer evening in Iowa. Not too hot, mostly […]

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Holy Saturday ...

And the whole creation holds its breath ...

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I wake early ...

It is dark outside and I am awake ... too early. This is happening more and more and I have decided to relax into it rather than wishing it were different. There is a sacred hush at 4:30 in the morn, the only sound the shuddery breath of our old chocolate lab, Stella. I re-heat […]

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alice at dawn alice shirey blog
Welcome to Alice at Dawn. My short posts are meant to be regular reminders to keep walking, to keep living, to continue to listen to the voice deep within your spirit that whispers ... this is the way. Walk in it.

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