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Live so the poems can find you.

I'm celebrating the 6th anniversary of 37days this week with a few guest posts. This one is by writer Joanna Paterson from Scotland, whose accent I deeply yearn for. Live so the poems can find you I’ve learned a lot from 37days.  Some big ahas, some quiet moments, some deep, …

meet you part-way.

A 6th blogiversary guest post by one of my favorite writers, Kathryn Ruth Schuth. A Slow-Motion Conversation: Let's Meet Part-way There If I could teach you how to putOn your shirt right side out whenYou’ve picked it up from the pile right side inYou would know so much more About …

You are loved.

i carry your heart with me i carry your heart with me(i carry it inmy heart)i am never without it(anywherei go you go,my dear; and whatever is doneby only me is your doing,my darling)i fearno fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i wantno world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)and it's …

have a beginner’s mind.

"And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been." -Rainer Maria Rilke I am walking into 2011 without resolutions, without expectations, without a need to know. On New Year's Day, I'm always reminded of something John Lithgow said about humans as Professor Dick Solomon in …

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How exciting! I got a message last night on Twitter: "hello patti, I'm publisher of your book 'life is a verb' in korean version. Nice to meet you in twitter!!" They changed the name of the book to "37 Days" in Korean, to fit their audience. I love the cover …

throw your head back and laugh.

I'm participating in a 31-day blogging challenge called reverb10, responding to writing prompts that are designed to elicit reflections on 2010, and hopes for 2011. You can find out more about it here. I am challenging myself to respond to each prompt in 15 minutes or less. Today's challenge: Photo …

happy birthday, daddy.

Reposted every Christmas Day in honor of my daddy's birthday and in his memory. Monogram your pancakes “Surviving a loss and letting go is only half of the story. The other half is the secret belief that we will find, in one form or another, what we have lost. And …

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I'm participating in a 31-day blogging challenge called reverb10, responding to writing prompts that are designed to elicit reflections on 2010, and hopes for 2011. You can find out more about it here. I am challenging myself to respond to each prompt in 15 minutes or less. Today's challenge: New …

there is no try.

(Sam Keen and trapeze) I'm participating in a 31-day blogging challenge called reverb10, responding to writing prompts that are designed to elicit reflections on 2010, and hopes for 2011. You can find out more about it here. I am challenging myself to respond to each prompt in 15 minutes or …

come as you are

I'm participating in a 31-day blogging challenge called reverb10, responding to writing prompts that are designed to elicit reflections on 2010, and hopes for 2011. You can find out more about it here. I am challenging myself to respond to each prompt in 15 minutes or less. Today's challenge: Lesson …