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About pathfinder

Artist, Writer

Maine

Posted on September 23, 2012 by pathfinder

My husband and I traveled the 20 some hours to maine over the course of three days.  We arrived and unloaded our things at the  historic house in Southwest Harbor we have rented.  This is my husband’s first time in … Continue reading →

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Life as a drag(ster)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by pathfinder

There are pictures I hide on Facebook.  I go to the little downward pointing arrow at the right and I click “hide”.  Sometimes they are offensive photos or poster/sayings, sometimes they are personal photos of young people engaged in their … Continue reading →

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Inventory

Posted on September 6, 2012 by pathfinder

  I participate in an online chat with ” the Compassionate Friends”.  We live in a small town and there is not a chapter here.  There is a chat open every night for grieving parents to meet and talk online. … Continue reading →

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The Ride

Posted on September 4, 2012 by pathfinder

The trouble I am having is that life  keeps on going whether I want it to or not.  What happened just over a a year ago seems like yesterday and almost in the same thought – so very long ago.  … Continue reading →

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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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July

Posted on July 23, 2012 by pathfinder

I have been purposely avoiding writing, to see if it helps, to see how I feel.  It seems to make the words and thoughts pile up.  My husband and I have spent a miserable week together.  He has worked and … Continue reading →

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