Author: Sylvie Dale
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How my delivery of groceries saved me some energy – and the value of that
I was schedule challenged this week and experimented with grocery delivery service to save time and energy normally spent grocery shopping and loading/unloading food. I find this to be an exhausting and thankless task and frankly, I hate it. So I spent half an hour on a grocery shopping site and had the groceries delivered.…
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Mimsy thoughts while editing my email address book
Perhaps it is this imminent marriage of my 8-years-younger brother Alfredo which has me thinking in a mimsy way while editing my address book.
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Why I love bees
I was a gardener once, and when I was out among my blossoms I enjoyed seeing the honeybees and bumble bees visiting the bright blooms, their sonorous buzzing all around […]
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Thoughts on hope
It’s Easter Sunday, a time we Christians look to for hope and joy as we reflect on Jesus’ journey and what it means for us. But I was not raised […]
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Tunisian ‘morality cops’ make asses of themselves over topless feminist
Tunisian ‘morality cops’ have made asses of themselves after becoming enraged by the photographed antics of a topless feminist who writes provocative messages on her chest. Almi Adel has publicly advocated stoning her to death because her behavior might give other women ‘ideas’.
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My idea of surrender, and why I need it
I think about surrender a lot, because I am over forty and have learned how to control quite a bit of my life. Something happens when a person reaches that […]
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Frozen rice mix – great for vegetarians
I’m enjoying a fine vegetarian lunch that was easy to prepare and nutritious. I commute to work by train, so the lunch I take has to be compact and sturdy. […]
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Quaker meditation – getting focused
Sitting with the Quakers in silent worship one morning, I found a way to settle down into the silence that helped me. It’s like a song with three verses – you can repeat each verse as many times as you like until you reach the right mental state. Chant aloud or silently – it’s up…