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  • Grief Brings a Suitcase

    A friend remarked recently that grief can be subtle.  I had not considered that; most of my personal experiences have involved shock and suddenness – nothing subtle about it.  But recently Grief made its uninvited, unwelcome appearance, disturbing the Christmas season and putting on hold my desire to blog until now.  I’m still reflecting on…

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  • Big Sexy

    Sitting in the chair at the Barber Shop waiting to get my hair colored (a great local place for a style cut, color, or an old fashioned walk-in barber cut), I watched the barber fix her hair.  It was late in the day, she had no customers and she was obviously getting ready to go…

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  • The Owls

    They are in the trees by 8:15 p.m.  It’s best if fresh water is in the birdbath before 8.  But I’ve been late before, and as I walk out to the birdbath with a full watering can of fresh water, the little gray screech owls watch me.  Silently, but in an approving patiently waiting way. …

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CHASED BY GRACE

An inspirational novel by Kim Robinson

Beneath life’s rockslide moments beats the heart of grace, producing hope in the most unlikely places …