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“ . . . ’tis a gift to be simple, ’tis a gift to be free . . .”
I’d Like to Take a Short Road Trip During the Pandemic
Due to severe illness, I need to stay close to home; however, dreaming is allowed. In my imagination, I’m driving to Utah. Bryce’s magnificent red rock mixed with yellow and brownish stone canyon invite me to pluck a piece like a tasty morsel. “How’s that?” you ask. Brown fragments of the rock wall look like…
Remembering Life on Mississippi River Wabasha, Minnesota
I need flashback memories during these times of sheltering-at-home-no-end-in-sight moments. Today I feel sad, tired. It’s difficult to focus. I feel silent tears watering my eyes. My friend, Sister Carlan, OSF told me tears wash the windows of our souls. Following another Zombie Walk in the mall, I found this picture of Melissa, aged three…
Pandemic Victory on my Zombie Stroll thru the Mall
A habit can be replaced by a new one in three weeks. We’ve been “In- this-together,” since March, and It’s now August, 2020. We walk in the air-conditioned enclosed mall, during these hot months in Phoenix. The Paradise Valley Mall will be closed in the coming year, thus, many stores have relocated, creating a weird…
Pandemic Rhapsody
I started a blog to keep me writing and help me focus on opportunity to look outside these walls and windows. I see beauty in desert gardens. Especially, I see the dedicated men and women taking care of our trash and recycle collections. The dedicated immigrant workers who faithfully care for our landscaping. I see…
Living in the Moment During the Pandemic
I love when a grandkid plays with my iPad, unbeknownst to me, and the /crazy photos make me laugh. What started as laughing at photo bombs by a grandson, has led me to realizing again that I cannot go back. In this moment I feel sad. Zane (aka the Zaniac) posted these in 6th grade.…
Simple Gifts of the Pandemic
I go from feeling comfortable with myself, at ease, to suddenly needing to weep, wanting to be invisible and hide from the reality of this pandemic. I am freakin’ tired of seeing the grotesque circle with pins stuck into it, COVID-19. I read the morning Arizona Republic, only to see each column referring to “it.”…
Staying Sane During the Pandemic ii
Up to this day during the– Pandemic of 2020–I have experienced moments of insanity. Example: I missed the skillet after I cracked an organic-large-brown egg, which wasn’t “large,” by the way; and watched yellow sliding down the front of my black glass oven, artfully draining to travertine floor. I actually enjoyed the art-in-motion. Yes, it…
Staying Sane During the Pandemic
Today is Sunday. I participated in online Mass. Fr, Eric reminded me of my Franciscan values: welcome the stranger with hospitality and kindness. I feel downright weird pondering welcoming a stranger during this Pandemic; as I block, lock myself in my house, firmly implanted on my couch, zoned into the TV or laptop. What am…
GrannyFranny’sMusings: WoRd SoUp
I am going to start a blog about, “Who knows what?” I don’t know what I’m doing, nor quite how to begin. I need a name – one that will arouse curiosity enough to check it out. It’s for writers, moms, grandmas, lovers, foodies, grandpas . . . . About Grand Canyon, butterflies, rainbows, St. Francis of Assisi,…
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