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“Sense-sational Sunday”

I see: branches of oaks covered in green in canopies overhead, thunder clouds, dragon flies and a sleeping kitten.
I hear: i have been on an ani difranco kick this past week (okay, for several years now) so I hear ani raising some hell- which is always a good thing.
I taste: our garden- this week we [...]

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Sense-sational Sunday

Seeing: Words from the book Reading Lolita in Tehran- not, in many ways, what I expected, but what a lovely book. Certainly there is much in the way of political commentary, but to me the book was more than that. Nafisi finds a way to invite you into one of her literature classes allowing you [...]

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Sense-sational Sunday

Oh Sense-sational Sundays- did you think that I forgot you… not so, not so- well, maybe just a little bit- but not this week.
I see: flowers on the peas and beans that we have planted, little bits of red poking up from the ground as our radishes begin to ripen, the words from the book [...]

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“Sense-sational Sunday”

I see: the ocean, herbs growing, my mom.

I hear: waves crashing, Jon and I discussing the future
I smell: salt water, roses, freshly broken trees bowled over in a tornado in Darien , GA

I taste: seafood- lots of seafood, peach pie-made by Jon and I, blueberry pie- made by Mom.
I touch- sand, a soft kitten upon [...]

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Sense-ational Sunday

i see: Willa sleeping. bunnies hopping. plants growing.

i taste: boston baked beans and steamed brown bread
i touch: weeds that i have pulled out of our garden
i hear: karma police, idiotech and 15 steps have been running like a sound track through my head all week.
i smell: meyer lemon blossoms… yummy.

i feel: (stealing from ani [...]

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“Sense-ational” Sundays

i see: paper and paint… i have been playing a lot this week. the words of hermann hesse- i have been sipping from his book wandering and it has been lovely. it is not a book to be read too quickly though it must be savored slowly

i hear: npr news, all things considered, fresh air [...]

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“Sense”-ational Sunday

Every Sunday Emily records her senses from the week and now so do I.
I see: Stuff growing which makes all the gardening work seem worth it. Blue skies, wonderful goodies from Luxe in my mail box. Lots of stuff through the lens of my camera thanks to Shimelle’s Scrap Your Day Project.

I touch: dirt, dirt [...]

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