Carol A. Hand
The waxing crescent at sunset
signals upcoming changes in seasons
alerting me about the need to refocus
for so many important reasons –
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July 30, 2017
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Thank you all for sharing your visionary art,
for enriching my life, and becoming a friend
I didn’t want to leave blogging for awhile
With my deep gratitude to you unpenned
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Wonderful of you to put this down. We should be grateful for so many things in life,
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Thank you for your thoughtful comments, Alok. I send my best wishes to you. 🙂
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That photo is gorgeous! You enrich so many lives in so many ways.
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments, dear friend. ❤
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Lovely poetry… many thanks for sharing, Carol. ❤
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Thank you so much for your kind words, Iris. ❤
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It’s my pleasure, Carol. ❤
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Thank you, Carol, I love your reflections and your photos 😊
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Dear Chris, thank you so much for your thoughtful comments. ❤
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Looking forward to your return. ❤️
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Dear Carrie, thank you for your kindness. ❤
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❤️
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I have enjoyed our seasons together and look forward to many more when you return.
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments, Joan. ❤
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I’m so grateful to have become your friend dear sweet Carol!!! 🙂 ❤
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I’m grateful for your friendship, too, dear Natalie. Thank you so much for your always kind and loving comments. ❤
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You’re so very welcome sweet Carol❣️😘
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In 2017, I relearned many things and one is how to be effectively grateful for all things in life. It is sheer coincidence that this morning I saw your post and this lovely photo that reminded me how to be grateful yet again for the nature’s beauty that surrounds us.
I also wanted to ask you if you are a summer born? Perhaps you don’t feel like sharing it here publicly so I won’t mind on no reply, I was just curious 🙂
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Dear Saadia, hearing from you is always a gift. Thank you for your wise and lovely comments about gratitude. You also raised my curiosity with your intriguing question. I’d love to know the meaning behind it. 🙂
I don’t mind answering your question. I’m winter-born, and it happens to be my favorite season here in the north-country. I love snow – at least when I don’t have to travel by car in it. Snow shoes are okay, though. I was born on February 20, 1947, a pivotal year in the history of India and Pakistan. According to astrology, that puts me on the cusp between Pisces (the fish, a water sign) and Aquarius (the water-bearer, an air sign). My mother told me our Ojibwe clan is either the catfish or eagle. On so many measures, I seem to have been born in the space between. Nonetheless, I ponder the symbolism of catfish and eagles, fish swimming in opposite directions and water-bearers. The metaphors they represent seem to resonate in my life experiences. I’d love to know why you are interested to know!
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Why are you leaving blogging? I just started reading you.
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Thank you for your thoughtful comments and question, USF Man. As you probably know, blogging takes a lot of time and I have too many other responsibilities coming up soon. I teach a college research course in the fall and need to revise my syllabus and assignments. I’m working on a grant proposal with a friend to fund a reader’s theater project about Indian boarding schools that will take a good deal of time and effort. And of course, there are grandchildren to care for, gardens to tend, and a book manuscript to finish editing. I still write other things when inspired, but I just don’t have the time to post at the moment. I hope you still visit and read older posts when you have time. I promise to answer comments and visit your blog when I can. 🙂
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Thank you for enriching my life, even from long distance and for a relatively short period of time. I hope to continue to learn what you’ve taught me, mainly patience and keeping anger in check.
I wish you well in your busy lif and hope to read more of your writings in the future. 😀
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Thank you so much for your thoughtful, lovely comments, A Shift in Consciousness. I send my best wishes to you. ❤
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Thank YOU Carol! Always!
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Dear Hector, thank you. I send my best wishes to you, and gratitude to you for sharing such important insights on your blog. ❤
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Thank you Carol for you kind words. I feel honoured. Thank you!!
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A lovely transitional poem.
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Thank you so much for your kind words, Andrea. ❤
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beautiful remembrance
as a glowing sunset 🙂
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Thank you for your lovely comments, David, and for the beautiful reminder in your most recent post to celebrate life with dance. ❤
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Have a peaceful time away. I’ll miss your beautiful words and wisdom. ❤
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Thank you so much for your kind and lovely comments, Diana. ❤
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So beautiful and so true! Much to think about…you are correct!
Many blessings to you ❤
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments, Lorrie, and for sending your blessings. I send blessings to you, too. I love your blog’s new look, beautiful photos, and, as always, your deep, meaningful reflections. ❤
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Thank you, Carol!! I am grateful for your incredibly beautiful words. I hope to be more present…I have missed reading so much! Have a super wonderful day! ❤
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