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Judy Shank Cyg
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Fireflies on a Summer Evening
Seeing a firefly is commonly considered a sign of good luck and prosperity. In that case, we earned a ton of good luck on early summer evenings when I was young.
Forget snow and cold and winter. It’s after dinner, at dusk, and our neighborhood friends have gathered in the front yard next door for Red Light Green Light or Statues. June bugs are attacking porch lights (and anyone in the way). Kids ar Read more of this blog post »
Forget snow and cold and winter. It’s after dinner, at dusk, and our neighborhood friends have gathered in the front yard next door for Red Light Green Light or Statues. June bugs are attacking porch lights (and anyone in the way). Kids ar Read more of this blog post »
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"I read this book as a teenager. This book is the reason I love reading and writing. It made a big impression on me. The book gave no indication in its summary that there would be a fantastical element or I would have never read it lol. There were so "
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"Very few young adult books manage not to overdramatize their protagonist's inner turmoil; this one, with its undersold magical realism, is uniquely accurate in presenting adolescence as something simultaneously reality-destroying and totally benign. "
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"I've reread this book so many times. It was, for most of my adolescent life, the ultimate masterpiece by an English author.
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"I have never wanted so badly for the characters in a book to be real. I want to meet them all the way I want to meet the president, or Taylor Swift.
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And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.” ...more Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
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“EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it...every, every minute?"
STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some.”
― Our Town
STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some.”
― Our Town
“One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. The young man gives it to the girl with whom he is in love, and, if she does not like it, asks her to return his letters. The older man tries it on his nephew, and alters his will accordingly. The book is a test of character. We can't criticize it, because it is criticizing us. But I must give you one word of warning. When you sit down to it, don't be so ridiculous as to suppose that you are sitting in judgment on my taste, or on the art of Kenneth Grahame. You are merely sitting in judgment on yourself. You may be worthy: I don't know, But it is you who are on trial.”
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“It is a Call to Life – a full, authentic life. It is a Call to rise from the half-sleep of our existence, and take up our part in the great unfolding of the world. To become a Voice of the Wells. We must answer the Call, or forever be lost in the Wasteland. For many women, that Call occurs at midlife. Dante expressed it perfectly, in the opening lines of The Divine Comedy: ‘Midway upon the journey of my life I found myself in a dark wood, where the right way was lost.’ Most women experience major change in these middle years: physical change or professional; social or psychological; changes in our family and our relationships. Our children leave home. We are overtaken by disillusionment and dissatisfaction. We find ourselves unhappy in our jobs, in our marriages. We develop physical illnesses, anxiety or depression. Rage and grief threaten to overwhelm us. We begin to contemplate our own mortality. We question who we are, who we might have been, who we might yet become. We question our spiritual values and our material values. We begin to wonder what we are doing with our lives, what meaning we might find. We open our eyes a little wider, and take in the world beyond ourselves. For the first time, we see the Wasteland for what it is.”
― If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
― If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
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