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Tag Archives: Spring
My New Website Is Up!
Today is the day I’ve been waiting for. I’m moving. Not from my house, but to my new website is at: joanzrough.com. You’ll no longer find me here at the old address. But if you go to the one above you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, The Garden, The Journey, Writing
Tagged Feeding the Soul, flowers, Intentions, Moving Forward, nature, plants, Spring, Time
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The Music Of The Wild
“There is language going on out there –the language of the wild. Roars, snorts, trumpets, squeals, whoops, and chirps all have meaning derived over eons of expression. We have yet to become fluent in the language — and music — … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Matters of the Spirit, photography, Quotes, Travels
Tagged Africa, Boyd Norton, flowers, Kenya, Language, Masai Mara, Music, nature, Serengeti, Spring
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Boston …
Yesterday was once again a day of terror and violence. I took in the scenes on CNN of the attack on Boston and could only shrug my shoulders in disbelief. Today is the 6th anniversary of the massacre at Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Fear, Life, love, Matters of the Spirit, Navigating Through Life, Trauma
Tagged 9/11, Boston, Cambodia, Guilt, History, JFK, Kent State, loss, Martin Luther King Jr., Moving Forward, Newtown, Peace, Rober Kennedy, Rodney King, Spring, terrorism, The Virginia Tech Massacre, Time-out, Viet Nam, violence, war
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Painting Spring
Water soaked grey sky pure tones of birch magnolia, forsythia spring green leaves redbud Raindrop music fills the air my paint brush drips with color JZR I made these photographs and wrote this poem back in April of 2008, posting … Continue reading
Posted in Being Creative, Books, Memoir, photography, Poetry, The Garden, The Seasons
Tagged arts, Change, journaling, Moving Forward, nature, new life, Painting, plants, Spring, wonder
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The Courage Of A Seed
“In nature, we are quietly offered countless models of how to give ourselves over to what appears dark and hopeless, but which ultimately is an awakening beyond our imagining. All around us, everything small and buried surrenders to a process … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Healing, Kindness, love, Matters of the Spirit, Mental Health, Navigating Through Life, Quotes, The Seasons, Wise Words
Tagged Courage, Feeding the Soul, Mark Nepo, Moving Forward, nature, plants, Reading, Seeding, Spring
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