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Author Archives: joanneeddy
Shelter From the Storm – On Writing and Finding Refuge
An Irish proverb tells us, “It is in the shelter of each other that people live.” As I write this the rain is heavy, the wind is picking up, and Hurricane Sandy is on its way to and round us. … Continue reading
Sunday, Lovely Sunday – On Finding Sabbath Rest
Like a path through the forest, Sabbath creates a marker for ourselves so, if we are lost, we can find our way back to our center.” ― Wayne Muller, Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives “Do not let … Continue reading
Southern Snow – On Finding Home
William Sharp, a Scottish poet, once wrote, “There is nothing in the world more beautiful than a forest clothed to its very hollows with snow.” While I was born in Ohio, I spent most of my growing up years and … Continue reading
Posted in Writings by Wordsmiths and Others
Tagged Christmas, cotton, Doug, finding home, Holiday, New York, New York City, North Carolina, October, Outer Banks, snow, Southern snow, the beach, Upstate New York
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How Do We Change the World?
“You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but knowing that literature is indispensable to the world…which changes according to the way people see it. And if you can alter, even by a … Continue reading
Listen to the Falling Rain – On Libraries, Reading, and the Magic of Books
Listen to the falling rain, Listen to it fall, And with every drop of rain I can hear you call.” (Jose Feliciano) Today, unusual for North Carolina, has been a grey day of ongoing gentle rain. It has made me think. To me … Continue reading
Posted in Writings by Wordsmiths and Others
Tagged Books, C.S. Lewis, Erle Stanley Gardner, Hardy Boys, Island Stallion, José Feliciano, Man in the Iron Mask, Nancy Drew, Rainy days, Reading, Riders of the Purple Sage, Stephen King, Ten Little Indians, The magic of books, What to do on rainy days, Wind in the Willows
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Freeing the Butterflies, A Granddaughter’s Lesson
In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree; In cocoons, a hidden promise: … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Butterfly, Caterpillar, Cocoon, freeing the imagination, Garden, God, Imagination, Lepidoptera, Liriodendron tulipifera, Mad Hatter, Monarch, Natalie Sleeth, Pupa, White Rabbit, Writing
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A Different Angle – Fall and the Quality of Light
When I was growing up every child in school counted down the days to summer vacation. At summer’s end, we took up our busy lives once more, starting a new school year, a new chance at learning and relationships. Even … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings
Tagged Autumn, autumn leaves, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Canal, fall, light, Marianne Williamson, perspectives on life, refraction, Season, seasons of our lives, September, summer, sunset
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Down in the Valley, the Valley So Low…
I have been through the valley of weeping The valley of sorrow and pain But the “God of all comfort,” was with me To comfort, to hold and sustain. As the earth needs clouds and sunshine, Our souls need both … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings
Tagged angels, Baca Valley, C.S. Lewis, depression, God, Great Divorce, Heaven, in the valley of the shadow, Israel, loss, Pain, Social work, social workers, the hand of the angel, Valley
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The Great Squirrel Adventure – On Mothering and Lucky and Lou
I don’t usually do much personal posting but Labor Day weekend was unusual to say the least, so I guess this post can be as well. We knew going into it that this would not be a laid back farewell … Continue reading
Posted in Writings by Wordsmiths and Others
Tagged Adoption, Humor, Labor Day, Mother, Mothering, North Carolina, Outer Banks, Squirrel
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