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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
This is the last installment of āRamblings, a Stroll Down Memory Lane With Henry David Thoreauā by Rose Mary Clarke. Click the button below to get the 10th Anniversary Edition on Amazon. Buy Your Copy On Amazon Part IV ā Iām Still Learning to Live MY JOURNEY TO AN INNER LAND I know where Iāve been, but I still have unanswered questions: Why am I here? Who am I? Where am I going? āBeā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
PART III ā THE SEASONS OF MY LIFE WINTER Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear this king described as a rude and boisterous tyrant, but with the gentleness of a lover he adorns the tresses of summerHenry David Thoreau ā Walden .Christmas is virtually a season unto itself in my calendar which is why I haveā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
Part III ā The Seasons of My Life AUTUMN I had seen two or three small maples turned scarlet across the pond beneath which the white stems of three aspens divergedā¦ next to the water. Ah, many a tale their colors told, And gradually from week to week the character of each tree came out, and it admired itself reflected in the smooth mirror of the lake. Each morning, the manager of this galleryā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
PART III ā THE SEASONS OF MY LIFE SUMMER Wasnāt it pleasant, O brother mine In those old days of the lost sunshine Of youthā¦ When we were visiting, me and you, Out to Old Aunt Maryās? It all comes back so clear today Out in the barn lot and down the lane We patter along in the dust again As light as the tips of the drops of rain Out to old Aunt Maryāsā¦ James Whitcomb Riley ā āOut toā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
PART III ā THE SEASONS OF MY LIFE Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āEvery season seems best to us in turnā Henry David Thoreau ā Walden Ā Ā Ā Ā From the time I was a child, my life has run according to a seasonal orbit as fixed as any planetās . The seasons that have revolved around and around and around through the calendar of my days have each had its own delicious flavor: the effervescent champagne of springtime; theā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
PART II ā REMEMBRANCE LEST I FORGET Monterrey is Steinbeck country. John Steinbeck grew up in nearby Salinas. He won the Nobel Prize for literature for a body of writing that included Cannery Row about the sardine canneries of Monterrey and The Grapes of Wrath that became a wonderful movie starring Henry Fonda. Ā Ā Ā Ā Time was when he was not admired. The Grapes of Wrath was one of the mostā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
PART II ā REMEMBRANCE SOMEONE LOST, SOMEONE FOUND Someone Lost, Someone Found Lincoln Steffens told his father that if he didnāt get a pony for Christmas, he didnāt want anything and was devastated when he found neither pony nor gifts. When the pony finally arrived in the afternoon the sudden change from misery to joy was almost unbearable. Ā Ā Ā Ā The day of Christineās funeral was aā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
PART II ā REMEMBRANCE IN THE SILENCE OF THE HEART -GOING HOME- Lay-go shared many adventures with Vicki such as backpacking in the Tetons while traveling inside of Vickiās belt. She went whitewater rafting on the Snake but was kept in the oarsmanās chest. āObviously, this doll is worth a lot, and we wouldnāt want her to be washed overboard. Sheāll be safe there even if the raft turns over.āā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
PART II ā REMEMBRANCE Remembrance Ā Ā Ā Ā Marcel Proustās story of the madeleine in his masterwork, In Search of Lost Time, contains some of the loveliest, lines in all of literature. His words have expressed my own feelings. He understood how simple incidents can instantaniously transport one into oneās past. The adult Proust sipped a spoonful of tea in which he has soaked a crumb of aā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
PART I ā WHAT I HAVE LIVED FOR Journeys GREAT POETRY LIVES FOREVER IN THE HEART Certain poems, such as āIthacaā by Constantine Cavafy, Greeceās great modern poet, have been woven into the very fabric of my being and have added beauty and insights to my journey through life. They blend significant ideas with fine writing and can compress the meaning of my universe into a few lines. Some of themā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
PART I ā WHAT I HAVE LIVED FOR Unusual People āAll men are children and of one family. The sun sends them off to bed and wakes them in the morning.ā Henry David Thoreau ā Walden āEach man beareth upon him the entire stamp of the human condition.ā Michel de Montaigne ā Essays The 16th Century Montaigne was the āinventorā of the essay form, and his writing is considered the basis of Frenchā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
PART I ā WHAT I HAVE LIVED FOR Nature I Have Lived For Nature Henry David Thoreau wrote in Walden, āLet us spend one day as deliberately as Nature.ā One of the reasons why his writing resonates so strongly with me is his deep appreciation of nature. When I sort through my internal photograph album and the columns that Iāve written I see that one of the most important things that I have livedā¦
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RAMBLINGS BY ROSE MARY
RAMBLINGS BY ROSEĀ MARY
PART I ā WHAT I HAVE LIVED FOR Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā One of the chapters of Walden is entitled āWhere I have lived,Ā and what I have lived for.ā Each individualās list of what he or she has lived for would differ from mine in the details. Some might say, for example, athletics, sewing, gardening, decorating or fishing. As I read through the essays that are used for this book, I see what has beenā¦
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In The Studio | Ramblings by Rose Mary
In The Studio | Ramblings by RoseĀ Mary
This is my last installment of āRamblings, a Stroll Down Memory Lane With Henry David Thoreauā by Rose Mary Clarke. If you have been enjoying these stories and would like to read all of them in this book you can find it on Amazon in Kindle and paperback format. AĀ SEPTEMBERĀ SONG ā THE CATERPILLAR AND THE BUTTERFLY ā Oh, itās a long, long while from May to December ā But the days grow shortā¦
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Ramblings by Rose Mary
Ramblings by RoseĀ Mary
PART I ā WHAT I HAVE LIVED FOR Love Ā And Ā Marriage, Ā Friends And Family Henry David Thoreau was turned down by a woman whom he loved until his death. He said that the only cure for love was to love more. Ā Ā Ā Ā Can anything compare to a companionable spouse and family? How fortunate Iāve been ā not only in having my own family, but Billās! The older I become, the more that I have realized that Iā¦
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In The Studio |The Zentangle MethodĀ®
In The Studio |The ZentangleĀ MethodĀ®
All Things Related To The Zentangle MethodĀ® 9 April 2021 This past month I worked on a couple of my āchallengedā tiles adding to my #nomistakes collection. However, most of my time has been spent working on ZentangleĀ® Project Pack #13. You can check out the process of one of my #13 tiles here and all of the series in my portfolio. Project Pack 13 Day 7 Project Packs are a little like aā¦
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In The Studio | The First Friday
In The Studio | The FirstĀ Friday
A Review of the Past Month 2 April 2021 While reflecting on this past month I discovered an answer to a question I once asked my Mom, who wrote a weekly column for a couple of local papers, about how she was connected to so many people. She didnāt really have an answer so this is what I think. When we take the time to get to know even a little bit about another person the opportunity to forgeā¦
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