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Tag Archives: traditions
Reluctant Reflections and Non-Resolutions
Around the end of the year, we Americans feel compelled to look at the past 365 days and decide what we can do to make the next 365 days better. I was never one to get all excited over New … Continue reading
Posted in Art, California, Family, Friends, Living, Misadventure, Observations, Traditions, Travel, Writing challenges
Tagged art, Big Sur, Chinese astrology, DPChallenge, Living, memories, New Year, Resolutions, rituals, San Francisco, Snake, traditions, Travel, Writing challenge, Year of the Snake
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Blessing of the Animals and other Rituals
To the fur, feathered and scaled people: This is in honor of the annual Blessing of the Animals celebration, which was held yesterday, Oct. 7. This article also appeared in the December 2009 issue of Vision Magazine. Latin chants and … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Family, Living, Misadventure, Pets, Traditions
Tagged animals, Family, funerals, holidays, Living, pets, rituals, traditions
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A Tale of Two Sendoffs
His neatly knotted tie looked out-of-place over his soiled and torn shirt as he spoke to the rag-tag, tie-wearing participants who had done their best to look presentable. The disheveled speaker was conveying a story at a memorial for Hank, a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Living, Misadventure
Tagged death, Family, funerals, homeless, Misadventure, philadelphia, rituals, traditions, Travel
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