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#OneWord2022: Connecting with strength

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October 30, 2022October 23, 2022 ~ Lory ~ 11 Comments

This month I took a strengths assessment survey as part of a writing workshop I'm taking part in. Interestingly enough, given that my One Word is "connect," my top strength came out as "Connectedness." Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com The survey's description of this characteristic includes phrases like "In your soul you know we … Continue reading #OneWord2022: Connecting with strength

#TDiRS22: Into the darkness

September 25, 2022September 25, 2022 ~ Lory ~ 4 Comments

The second book of the Dark Is Rising readalong, hosted by AnnaBookBel, is The Dark Is Rising itself -- originally titled The Gift of Gramarye, but a publisher nixed that because of the fear that young readers would think the book was about grammar. Point taken, but in fact the chapter in which our protagonist, … Continue reading #TDiRS22: Into the darkness

#OneWord2022: Why Connect?

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June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 ~ Lory ~ 9 Comments

This month, Lisa prompts us to "Tell us again why you chose your One Word." Here are my answers to the questions (in one sentence, as she challenged us): 1. WHY DID I CHOOSE THIS WORD? "Connect" just popped into my head as soon as I thought about choosing one word for the year, so … Continue reading #OneWord2022: Why Connect?

#OneWord2022: Connecting and communicating

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April 24, 2022April 22, 2022 ~ Lory ~ 12 Comments

The one word I chose to contemplate this year is CONNECT. So far I've been thinking about connecting with various things, shifting slightly from month to month. Last month I reflected on connecting with failure. That brought up memories of failures in communication, my own and others'. For me, connecting and communicating are so close … Continue reading #OneWord2022: Connecting and communicating

#Narniathon21 – The Boring One

April 22, 2022April 21, 2022 ~ Lory ~ 24 Comments

This month's Narniathon read, The Horse and His Boy, also counts serendipitously for the 1954 Club hosted by Stuck in a Book and Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings. It's going to be interesting to see what else was published in this year (notably including The first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings, which Lewis played … Continue reading #Narniathon21 – The Boring One

Talitha Koum: A Poem

April 17, 2022April 23, 2022 ~ Lory ~ 6 Comments

Some years ago I spent an Advent season studying the stories of people who were raised from the dead in the New Testament. All the healing stories raise so many questions for me -- I want to know more about the background of these special individuals, and what their experience might have been. I ended … Continue reading Talitha Koum: A Poem

#Narniathon21: Reading the Signs

March 27, 2022March 26, 2022 ~ Lory ~ 11 Comments

There is a scene in The Silver Chair that I think about a lot. It's when Jill, Eustace and Puddleglum, on a quest to find the lost prince of Narnia, are caught in a storm in the Northern Wilds. They are supposed to be looking for a ruined city of the giants, and for a … Continue reading #Narniathon21: Reading the Signs

#OneWord2022: Connecting with failure

March 23, 2022March 22, 2022 ~ Lory ~ 25 Comments

I wasn't sure what to focus on this month with my One Word (CONNECT). But the theme of failure kept surfacing -- not something I generally want to connect with, though sometimes it is unavoidable. And sometimes, much as I do not want to acknowledge it, it is a gift. I was talking with a … Continue reading #OneWord2022: Connecting with failure

#Narniathon21: Into the utter East

February 27, 2022February 25, 2022 ~ Lory ~ 18 Comments

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is this month's Narniathon read. I was looking forward to it as I remember it as my favorite of the seven books. And I still greatly enjoyed this journey through lands full of enchantment and danger, an adventure of the spirit that stirs me to this day. We start … Continue reading #Narniathon21: Into the utter East

#OneWord2022: CONNECTing with my body

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February 23, 2022February 27, 2022 ~ Lory ~ 9 Comments

For my One Word intentional practice this year, with my word CONNECT, I plan to choose a focus each month, according to what seems most important to me as time goes by. . It was easy for me to choose my first goal. There's no question that a fundamental issue for me is connecting with … Continue reading #OneWord2022: CONNECTing with my body

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