Welcome to my personal blog. I love family history, living by the sea, walking in the woods, nature photography, and collecting words and pictures. I am a cancer survivor and am learning to live with pelvic radiation disease. Southeastern Connecticut is my home. ~ Barbara Rodgers

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Cemetery Index
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May the nourishment of the earth be yours, may the clarity of light be yours, may the fluency of the ocean be yours, may the protection of the ancestors be yours. And so may a slow wind work these words of love around you, an invisible cloak to mind your life. ~ John O’Donohue

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Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled – to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world. ~ Mary Oliver

Words & Pictures

ancestors
autumn
awareness
by the sea
cemetery
change
connection
creativity
earth
energy
flowers
food
gardens
gull
history
hjemme
horizon
in the woods
journey
light
magic
memory
mystery
pandemic
parks
perception
place
presence
rivers
sky
snow
solar festivals
songbirds
soul
spring
stones
storms
summer
sun
time
universe
walking
waterbirds
wind
winter

I acknowledge that my home occupies Pequot territory. I honor all Indigenous peoples who have been stewards of the land in the past, who currently dwell on the land, and who will continue to be part of this land for generations to come. ~ Barbara Rodgers

What is the singing of birds, or any natural sounds, compared with the voice of one we love?
~ Henry David Thoreau

Life is death we're lengthy at, death the hinge to life.
~ Emily Dickinson

Category: Grandma Moses

so long till next year

Posted on December 25, 2016April 11, 2021Categories Beverly, Bonnie, Christmas, Grandma Moses, John V., Julenissen, Khari, Kia, TimTags dwellings, fairy, magic, moon, stars, winter6 Comments on so long till next year

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