Tag Archives: visit

Mar19

off to the nunnery.

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so off i go today

to the convent

where i’ll stay and meet up with

my sister and my aunt who is a sister

relax, talk, walk, meditate, share meals, laugh, cry, remember, tell stories

see her sacred and important places

shared spaces

if i was a nun

i imagine myself

singing and running through the hills

like sister maria in the alps

but i think this spring break

slow and easy

may be exactly perfect

a time of rest and renewal.

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“get thee to a nunnery, go.”

– hamlet to ophelia (written by william shakespeare)

 

 

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photo credit: 20th century-fox studios, the sound of music, 1965

Aug16

protocol.

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two of my favorites together.

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credit: mentalfloss

Oct20

shopping, hopping , then dropping

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part of my family was visiting from nyc and this time they rented a car and drove here instead of flying. we took the rare opportunity to shop for large items they would never be able to haul home normally, with a ‘quick visit to ikea.’ this concept of the ‘quick visit’ to this crazy grand canyon of a place, was soon revealed to be the ultimate oxymoron, in my young niece’s opinion.  she dealt with it all in her own way. 

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she finds a kindred spirit in an employee who has her own stuffed animal and happily joins in play with her stuffed bunny and ratty friends

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she relaxes a bit at the scene of all the play, with her favorite color plastic ikea shopping bag, as her blanket

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we move to another part of the store, but it’s all just one great napping place in her eyes

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soon, she is absolutely at her limit, and ready to roll on out of this place. disguising herself as a large carton of furniture, she is in full-out camouflage mode.

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‘And then, I do love my shopping, but actually, lounging is the big thing.’

Delta Burke

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