Yesterday I attended a luncheon held by a new friend that I haven’t known very long and don’t yet know very well. The invitation read:
I’m organizing a lunch for the most interesting women I’ve met recently on Sept 25 (Friday) at my house. Could you come? As it turns out, I think that [...]
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For most people, to understand something new requires a cognitive antecedent. When members of the Me’en tribe in Ethiopia were shown a coloring book that included an illustration of a local antelope, they didn’t recognize the animal. They would smell the paper, twist it in their hands, feel its texture, listen to its [...]
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One month ago today a friend of mine died. She was 94 years old and by all reports had a rich and full life. I first came to know her just a few days after her ninety-third birthday so what I knew of her life I learned when she told me her stories.
She [...]
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I went with the Art & Spirituality group to see the exhibit, 2009 Pastel Society of Colorado: Mile High National Exhibition, and found it delightful. If you haven’t been, go! It is at the Longmont Museum until 27 September.
One of our group said he found that most of the pieces [...]
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