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The Artist Within
One of my favorite songs is “Harbor Lights,” by Boz Scaggs. If any of you have ever had this experience, you’ll understand. This song resonates so deeply with me that sometimes I tear up just listening to it, it’s that powerful. The song takes me back to the years after college when I…
ContinueAdded by Brenda Sorrels on April 19, 2013 at 3:07pm — No Comments
Family Intangibles
I went away this weekend. I packed up a bag, boarded a plane and in just shy of three hours was enjoying lunch with my sister at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona. With the sun warm on our backs, surrounded by the beauty of the Sonoran desert, we lingered over herb-infused…
ContinueAdded by Brenda Sorrels on February 21, 2013 at 4:56pm — No Comments
Living Consciously ... an Inside Job
I’m sitting at my desk while a carpenter hammers up rows of shelves and builds drawers between perfectly spaced bars that have been measured out in my closet. Every time the hammer comes down my writing concentration is broken and after awhile I give up and move off to another room. Falling…
ContinueAdded by Brenda Sorrels on January 16, 2013 at 8:08pm — No Comments
A Season's
Summer is fading. For the first time, a week ago, I woke up and the temperature in the house was sixty-seven degrees. It's definitely time to kick up the thermostat a notch or two. I love this time of year, especially in Connecticut where the seasonal changes are so distinct. I've been up here…
Added by Brenda Sorrels on September 24, 2012 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment
Summer Reading
One of the wonderful things about summers in New England is that almost all of the small towns and libraries have their annual book sales. Big white tents are set up, and box after box of donated books are organized and stacked on tables - Fiction, Biography, History, Travel,…
ContinueAdded by Brenda Sorrels on July 22, 2012 at 8:27pm — No Comments
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