Autumn begins Wabi-Sabi Season
As the rains return, the wind starts to blow, the days shorten and darkness takes its place...I remember it's Wabi-Sabi season. ...
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Denise Frakes
- Oct 22, 2022
- 2 min
Not Quite Perfect Yet?
May 1, 2022 Not quite perfect? You can't rush a good poem...or life. I met Mary Oliver on a women's pilgrimage to Iona Scotland. Our...
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Denise Frakes
- Oct 22, 2022
- 2 min
I want to die wild
I want to die wild. With a curious soul and a happy spirit. I want to die happy I lived. I want to lay down tonight with a delicious...
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Denise Frakes
- Oct 22, 2022
- 2 min
Monday...pay it forward
How do you start your week? How do you start your day? When the world seems too big, chaotic, overwhelming...start with a good...
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Denise Frakes
- Oct 22, 2022
- 2 min
I treasure the first hours of the day
Ever wake up feeling a bit off? Unsettled, unsure of what you should do or where you should start? That's how I was feeling this...
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Denise Frakes
- Oct 21, 2022
- 3 min
Last night I failed....and it felt horrible.......
I try, and yet I'm still imperfect. I'm an incomplete- unfinished being traveling life the best I can- watching butterflies, running...
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Denise Frakes
- Oct 20, 2022
- 1 min
Do we lose our spontaneous spirit when we create intentional spaces?
"White Space i like air: It is necessary for design to breathe" Wojciech Zielinski What is your greatest gift? Your free spirit, your...
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Denise Frakes
- Jul 12, 2022
- 3 min
Do you know how to be idle? Is it a waste of time?
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver Mary's quote grabbed me the first time I read it. ...
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Denise Frakes
- May 6, 2022
- 3 min
Tidy Shoes - A Practice of Presence
When my shoes get messy it's a sign my life is getting messy. When I start throwing and tossing my shoes in my closet...it's a sign. A...
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Denise Frakes
- Apr 23, 2022
- 2 min
A morning filled with snot and self doubt
"May your eyes continue to see beautiful and significant things, and your soul dance to good music." Card Design by Cindy Nelson...
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Denise Frakes
- Apr 23, 2022
- 2 min
Not yet half perfect...
I'm not exactly sure when first heard Mary Oliver. I met her on a women's pilgrimage to Iona Scotland, Gretchen and Lesley read Mary...
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Denise Frakes
- Apr 17, 2022
- 2 min
Throwing mud!
This morning, early this morning, around 2am, I get inspired to collage. I go back to sleep. But in the morning, I had to create....
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Denise Frakes
- Apr 8, 2022
- 2 min
Rituals of morning...I share mine.
Up with the chickens... In our weekly circle we are creating rituals. One of my favorite rituals is getting up early in the morning....
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Denise Frakes
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
Leave a poem behind when you clean out
April is National Poetry Month. When was the last time you read a poem? Really read it. March 28, 2013 My mom and I were cleaning out...
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Denise Frakes
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Clutter Clearing is a Practice of Abundance
Clutter clearing isn't removing the poetry of your life...it's reducing the static the constant buzzing of over input. Simplifying is a...
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Denise Frakes
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
"Don't let go of the thread!"
in 2014 I traveled to Iona Scotland. This was my one and only adventure over seas...so far. Out of my comfort zone...a YES!!!! ...
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Denise Frakes
- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
Want serious traction? Get a Mouse!
A few months ago, we had a mouse in our kitchen. He or she, snuck in through the pipes under our sink. He/she...let's just call it my...
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