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Grateful for Summer

By NataliePosted on July 31, 2022July 31, 2022
  • Happiness

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Potato Pancakes Culver’s Summer afternoons by the water Mario Kart with friends A new book, arriving early in […]

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Jump in the Lake

By NataliePosted on July 30, 2022July 30, 2022
  • Habits & Goals

I haven’t been running much this summer, so I haven’t had many opportunities to do what I did today. A hot afternoon run. Ending on […]

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Old camp songs

By NataliePosted on July 29, 2022July 29, 2022
  • Happiness

I get old camp songs stuck in my head. Swing Low. Today. Seven daffodils. We sang them every evening before heading back to our cabins […]

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Thursday Dinner Haiku

By NataliePosted on July 28, 2022July 28, 2022
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Rosè and dinnerFamily and good old friendsThis is what matters With love, Natalie

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Gentle Metaphors

By NataliePosted on July 27, 2022July 27, 2022
  • Poetry

Pick a gentle metaphor:Today, like one blade of grassIn the boundless prairie Or today, like stepping on stoneBut there are thousands of steps in a […]

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Counting Joys

By NataliePosted on July 26, 2022July 26, 2022
  • Poetry

I never knew I liked cherriesUntil I had them sweet and freshAnd piled up the pits in a bowl Take deep breathsBy the lake on […]

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Like the fisherman

By NataliePosted on July 25, 2022July 25, 2022
  • Poetry

Like the fisherman in the boatThat rocks in a restless seaMy lesson is to be steadyAnd find the calm inside of me I meditate by […]

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Door County Summer

By NataliePosted on July 24, 2022July 24, 2022
  • Happiness

I had a spontaneous, very vacation-in-Door-County kind of day with my Mom today. We started by stopping by the farmer’s market in Bailey’s Harbor and […]

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Rose & Yellow

By NataliePosted on July 23, 2022July 23, 2022
  • Poetry

I cannot control the windOr the destructive walks people take at nightI cannot take up every battleSome days I’m too tired to fight But I […]

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The Tempest

By NataliePosted on July 22, 2022July 22, 2022
  • Entertainment

Back to Door Shakespeare tonight to see the second of their two productions this summer, The Tempest. I really do think it is the most […]

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