Latest Blog Posts for Maitri's Heart

• Small Things With Great Love ~ and ~ The Dandelion...
  on Mar 5, 2011
  "My life led me into solitude, and solitude led me into my real life..."I wrote the above phrase in my notebook and closed my eyes and tried to really see, in the stillness around me, the woman I have become and am becoming. In the last year my life...
• Well Fer Cryin' Out Loud, Mom Fell In The Fiber Again...
  on Feb 20, 2011
  Do you see this? She's got me shoved under the table while she works on that blasted snake."It's NOT a snake, it's a Rainbow Serpentof the Dreamtime, a mythical creature, part of an Aboriginal Creation Myth..." Well, I don't care what the heck i...
• A Cozy Sunday At Dragonfly Cottage & "My Funny Valentine!"
  on Feb 13, 2011
  "Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm." Carlo CollodiDea...
• Living Your Whole Life As A Spiritual Practice ~ Living The Sacred and Building A Structure For Your Life...
  on Feb 10, 2011
  "When Rikyu, Japan's legendary Tea master, was asked the secret of the Tea Ceremony, he replied, 'Lighting the fire. Boiling the water. Whisking the tea.' 'Well, that seems easy to do,' said the student. Rikyu responded, 'If you can truly do this...
• Ephemeral Moments Suspended In Time...
  on Jan 26, 2011
  "The open blotter between the inkwell and the bouquet of narcissus in a glass of water; I pause, not knowing what melancholy words to cover this page with ...  I wish for the hot tea, the golden loaf, my lamp and its milky shade ... and the bark...
• Post 7 of Thanks-Giving Series ~ A Resolution For The New Year, "Take Care Of Yourself" ...
  on Jan 17, 2011
  "The reason we’re often not there for others… is that we’re not there for ourselves." ~ Pema Chödrön ~Dear Ones,I have long since given up New Year's resolutions since some of them lasted, oh, say, five minutes after midnight. Or sometime in...
• Never Trust A Thing They Say ~ Why Pugs Are Useless and No Help At All (Just Ask Big Dog Moe!) and Why I Absolutely Will Never Be Without Them & A Special Thoughts on Adopting Seniors...
  on Jan 5, 2011
  "The pug is living proof that God has a sense of humor."  ~ Margo Kaufman ~This is Sam (12) and Harvey (11). Sam was the2nd pug to come to the cottage after my preciouswee little black girl Babs whom I lost in June atnearly 16. Sam came in Septe...
• 6th Thanks-Giving Post On The First Day Of The New Year ~ I Am Grateful To Dance My Clumsy Dance As I Celebrate All Of Who I Really Am...
  on Jan 1, 2011
  "All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence, in order to reach forth to the enhanced place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song.
• 5th Entry of Thanks-Giving & Wonder ~ There's No Place Like Home...
  on Dec 18, 2010
  "It's the national addiction: warmth on chilly winter nights, innocence on Saturday afternoons, the essence of the hearth, home, and blissful abandon."~ Patricia Linden ~   Blazing night fire and wee little Harveyasleep on his bed...Dear On...
• Giving Thanks, 4th Entry, Gratitude As A Way Of Life...
  on Dec 4, 2010
  The newest member of our cottage family.  A babyyellow nape amazon I was meant to take. She cameto me in need and I am blessed by her presence...It is what I pray everyday...God, use me as a channel for your peace, love, light, hope, and joy.&nb...

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