Monthly Archives: August 2012

the second year

Posted on August 23, 2012 by pathfinder

We have passed the first anniversary of our son’s death and into the second year.   There have been a few people I have not heard from at all during the first year who have contacted me.   I know … Continue reading →

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everyday feelings

Posted on August 18, 2012 by pathfinder

Dear Son, It is Saturday and I am exhausted. Your dad is out trimming bushes.  You know it is his therapy to work in the yard. The workshop went well. I had fifteen students.  Some I have known for a … Continue reading →

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Little Threads

Posted on August 13, 2012 by pathfinder

Those we still have in our lives are weaving tiny threads through our life in such a subtle way that we barely notice.  Connections made through interests we share, expressions and habits they have both good and bad, possessions they … Continue reading →

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“Are we really here?”

Posted on August 9, 2012 by pathfinder

I saw a poster in the entry way of one our eclectic restaurants in our small town.  It was advertising a lecture on the subject “are we really here?”  I smiled to myself at the time, but now as evidenced … Continue reading →

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Hawks vs. Pigeons

Posted on August 7, 2012 by pathfinder

A pigeon walked in to an art gallery . . . Sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it happened yesterday to me while I was sitting at a gallery co-op where I am a member.  It was my … Continue reading →

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