Monthly Archives: January 2010
a well loved child
there is a new post on walking to joy click on the link to the right to go to the newest post
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mimi
there is a new post on the new blog www.walkingtojoy.com spontaneous delight will soon be private walking to joy will always be public
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privately – walking to joy
www.walkingtojoy.com the new blog. the main one. the one where i write about flauta and haiti and love and failure and all that stuff that is me but not the private family stuff well, actually i never put private family stuff … Continue reading
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privately
spontaneous delight will soon be a more intimate conversation than it has been in the past if you have commented here before or we have met or you have children or… and you would like to receive an invitation to … Continue reading
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coming home late
as i was leaving the office at 8 PM after arriving this morning at 9:00 AM after talking to my son at 6:30 PM ‘are you on the train?’ ‘no, it’s Thursday, i’m working late so that Friday can be … Continue reading
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Dr. King, thank-you
when Q was 3 years old in daycare they celebrated Martin Luther King day with simple words of world peace. his teacher told Q and his friends of how Dr. King taught the people of the world to be … Continue reading
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joy – unexpected
i have been unprepared for the joy that has taken over my being where is it coming from why now the world’s suffering has not stopped i have dear friends (whom i have not met) that i carry in my … Continue reading
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do not think you are powerless
www.glahaiti.orgThese children. the ones in this photo you can help directly. go to http://www.glahaiti.org/blog_dixie_haiti the director of the orphanage has a blog and will tell you about how to get diapers and the other things they need immediately. if someone … Continue reading
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Harlem, January 10, 2010
i will fill in this post over the next few days it is necessary to mark the day with a photo immediately even if the photo was taken with an i-phone Q and i in Harlem for the first time … Continue reading
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the wait
we have been waiting when Q was three Y looked at me over his newspaper and said something like… we should think about adopting that was it i had already been thinkng the same thing and so the next day … Continue reading
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