Only you can tell your story…

Jeanne’s emoji

And: “When you’re writing a book, you don’t really think about it critically. You don’t want to know too well what you’re doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it. The book is constructed as a conversation, with someone doing most of the talking and someone doing most of the listening.”
American novelist E.L. Doctorow

American novelist E.L. Doctorow
He wrote: “Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion.”

He said: “I’m not writing about nature. I’m writing about humanity. And if I have a subject, it is justice. And the rediscovery of the manifold way in which our lives can be shaped by the recovery of a sense of reverence for life.”

renewal

illustrator: Walter Koessler

 

renewal requires:

Maine

rest

third eye

processing

listening

green

humility

the sacred

commitment

Transparency

watercolor filter in Photoshop of Bob Boy by Jeanne

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Hospice has moved in

and comfort is the goal:

companionship

personal care

listening-

by the family visible and  invisible.

It’s his soul-journey!

Technology’s Security

(Jeanne home-made) in Looksery on her iPhone 6+

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Technology’s Security

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Tech tries to code

security;

tries to hide it in passwords

questions about your mother’s maiden name

your digits

on phones, birthdays, childhood pets;

then warns you not to use nick-names

which betray your predilections;

when actually

security is simply

discretion

humility

the balance of listening instead of

speaking!

Definition #309 Listening

asked God for his will

“Have a massage; feel your strength”

grace flowed in and through

Definition #209 Attention

Oliver Puzzles with Don
May 2015

Kathleen Jamie
“When we were young, we were told that poetry is about voice,

about finding a voice and speaking with this voice,

but the older I get I think it’s not about voice, it’s about listening and the art of listening,

listening with attention.

I don’t just mean with the ear;

bringing the quality of attention to the world.

The writers I like best are those who attend.”

Seamus Heaney, Annie Dillard, Elizabeth Bishop are writers who “attend.”

Riddle#12 Listening

Jeanne Listens to iMac

Don listens to iMac

Quaker Saying:
“Listening creates holy silence.
Listening is like rain.”

For the artwork created by Jeanne and Don, go to:
http://www.quicksilverpartners.com
Enjoy the many links.

Off the Beaten Track

I’d rather be
Off the beaten track.
Eyes wide.
Breaths deep.
Searching.
Listening for
Virgin sounds’
Music.
3/2/12
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Jeanne Poland