When my Mind Breathes
Pinball Ping pong Monkey mind Full Overstimulated No room to think Jarring Abrupt Painful Depleted Exhausted Too much clamoring in my...
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Deb
- May 7
- 4 min
Down the Rabbit Hole
The moment I walked by the white wooden arbor of lush blooming roses, the sweet, soft scent greeted me and wrapped its perfume all around...
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Deb
- Apr 28
- 1 min
Balance
I went paddling last night for the first time in what seems like months. What a way to end my long workday, to head out into the water...
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Deb
- Sep 3, 2022
- 6 min
Tiny Pivot
There’s this little voice that keeps peeking its’ head from around the corner at me. “Hellooooo...” Oh boy. I don’t always like this...
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Deb
- Jun 25, 2022
- 4 min
A Pearl Returned (Re-sharing)
My home burned down in the Malibu-Agoura firestorm on October 23, 1978. I was in 8th grade and I often think about what it must have...
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Deb
- Apr 10, 2022
- 6 min
Side of Bacon, Please
It literally took me 3 hours to settle this monkey-mind down enough to sit and begin to write this morning. It’s been months since I have...
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Deb
- Sep 4, 2021
- 7 min
Becoming
We aspire to become, don’t we? Always looking for that which marks us as “me”. I’m becoming a grandma for the first time, this month,...
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Deb
- May 31, 2021
- 4 min
Ghosts in the Sunshine
End of the work week. One day off. Feeling anxious about choosing how to spend my time. So many things I haven’t had time to do…...
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Deb
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
Split Second
I was in 3rd grade. It seemed to take my mom hours to drive our 1979 tan Bronco up that curvy road to the open field behind my...
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Deb
- Apr 24, 2021
- 3 min
Her Fingers Were Stained Black
I was a little girl when my grandparents had their walnut farm in Le Grand. My grandparents were down-to-earth, simple, hard-working...
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Deb
- Apr 3, 2021
- 5 min
The Best Crash Award
She was only 10 years old and she had just won the “best crash” award. Our family was on a 140-mile cycling trip through Tuscany. Tuscany...
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Deb
- Feb 7, 2021
- 4 min
Tower Truth
It was mid-week and work had been relentlessly busy. Trying to get to the end of a project felt like I was trudging through wet cement....
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Deb
- Jan 3, 2021
- 5 min
You know that perfect, unexpected moment?
The deepest of peace and true happiness can only really be found when we are truly still in the present moment, so they say. So often I...
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Deb
- Nov 23, 2020
- 6 min
Mirrors of our Hearts
2020 has been quite a year. Many of us have experienced hardship and much heartache. But, in January, I had this feeling that this was...
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Deb
- Nov 1, 2020
- 4 min
Poles and Prickly Pears
I’d never used trekking poles before. They steadied me and helped immensely as I navigated up and down the steep terrain. Headed for a...
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Deb
- Oct 11, 2020
- 4 min
A Pearl Returned
My home burned down in the Malibu-Agoura firestorm on October 23, 1978. I was in 8th grade and I often think about what it must have...
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Deb
- Sep 26, 2020
- 4 min
Hope Like Diamonds
Stand up paddling. The morning is perfect. Glassy water, sun glistening, the quiet of the bay since the summer visitors are gone. It’s...
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Deb
- Sep 5, 2020
- 4 min
Don't Go It Alone
I’m in it with you. The day was long. I sat on the concrete slab near the water watching as the sun slipped behind the hills to my back....
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Deb
- Aug 30, 2020
- 2 min
Wet Cement or Just Jell-O?
Today was a beautiful, relaxing day. As I sat at my kitchen table this morning, a cool breeze with all the promises of fall blew through...
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Deb
- Aug 23, 2020
- 2 min
Ode to Grandma's Carrot Salad
A couple weeks ago was an especially rough week. As a matter of fact, a week ago I hit a very low spot, feeling very depressed, the kind...
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