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peace comes dropping slow: September 2011
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Peace comes dropping slow. Yeats anticipated peace waiting for him in his Eden Innisfree. I cannot survive with the idea of peace as fruit of the future only. I must create moments of peace amidst the chaos of my 'now'. Sunday, September 11, 2011. You have a memory. You were in a place. And then, in the quotidian momentum of a day where the sun was pushing you forward into the familiar steps of a Tuesday morning, you stood still. This morning, on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September...
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peace comes dropping slow: January 2012
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Peace comes dropping slow. Yeats anticipated peace waiting for him in his Eden Innisfree. I cannot survive with the idea of peace as fruit of the future only. I must create moments of peace amidst the chaos of my 'now'. Tuesday, January 31, 2012. A Rose By Any Other Name. We have a lot of nicknames in our house. Matt christens us all, routinely, with something new to answer to. Jessica, Jae, JaeReg, Reg, Reggie, Jethro, Jethrodesia. Caroline, Carlo, Carlotta, Carlotta Kumquata, Kumquat. That would be Pho...
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peace comes dropping slow: SLC to D.C.
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Peace comes dropping slow. Yeats anticipated peace waiting for him in his Eden Innisfree. I cannot survive with the idea of peace as fruit of the future only. I must create moments of peace amidst the chaos of my 'now'. Sunday, October 21, 2012. SLC to D.C. So many babies, so many little people, where once there were just those three Rasmussen kids being their own kind of little people. Such a cyclical and multiplicative thing is life. Its good to read your words once again. Ive missed them! October 27, ...
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peace comes dropping slow: March 2012
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Peace comes dropping slow. Yeats anticipated peace waiting for him in his Eden Innisfree. I cannot survive with the idea of peace as fruit of the future only. I must create moments of peace amidst the chaos of my 'now'. Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Dear Mr. Nelson. I am a harassed, homeschooling mother in a small library in Lexington, Virginia, carrying a baby, watching a toddler, trusting two older children to keep themselves alive among the shelves. There is a book on display - Heart and Soul. Soul should ...
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peace comes dropping slow: Virginia's Fruit
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Peace comes dropping slow. Yeats anticipated peace waiting for him in his Eden Innisfree. I cannot survive with the idea of peace as fruit of the future only. I must create moments of peace amidst the chaos of my 'now'. Saturday, October 27, 2012. Virginia has brought us a good many things, and fruit is one of the most heavenly. I'm sure there were more opportunities for picking in Utah than I took advantage of, but here it seems the thing to do. April gave us strawberries. October gives us apples...
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peace comes dropping slow: Denomination of Daughters
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Peace comes dropping slow. Yeats anticipated peace waiting for him in his Eden Innisfree. I cannot survive with the idea of peace as fruit of the future only. I must create moments of peace amidst the chaos of my 'now'. Thursday, April 4, 2013. On a bench outside Jefferson's Monticello}. Susie is my Mother-in Law. She calls me "Be-fessica," or "The Incomparable Jessica.". I can't think what I might have done, or been, or said to earn the latter. I am a woman. I am a Jessica. She is a Susie. W...Funny how...
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peace comes dropping slow: December 2012
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Peace comes dropping slow. Yeats anticipated peace waiting for him in his Eden Innisfree. I cannot survive with the idea of peace as fruit of the future only. I must create moments of peace amidst the chaos of my 'now'. Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Becoming a "Townie" in Buena Vista - The Library. So far Caroline and I remain undisturbed, but for the puke on my shirt and neck, sheets, towels, floors, rugs, beds, and toilets. It's just not my. For him which was on hold at our local library. Several weeks...
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peace comes dropping slow: April 2013
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Peace comes dropping slow. Yeats anticipated peace waiting for him in his Eden Innisfree. I cannot survive with the idea of peace as fruit of the future only. I must create moments of peace amidst the chaos of my 'now'. Thursday, April 11, 2013. Here is a strange one -. Last night our three oldest children walked on stage at Chandler Hall in front of a couple hundred people and danced. What must it feel like to a an accountant when their child becomes a cardiac surgeon? The thing is, they are snipping th...
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peace comes dropping slow: July 2012
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Peace comes dropping slow. Yeats anticipated peace waiting for him in his Eden Innisfree. I cannot survive with the idea of peace as fruit of the future only. I must create moments of peace amidst the chaos of my 'now'. Thursday, July 12, 2012. Ewan Wins the Jonah Look-Alike Contest. Again at Washington and Lee with the Lee chapel behind us. }. Ewan pulled out the pajama bottoms he had been wearing earlier in the morning while eating breakfast. He hunkered up into the corner and began prying off the ...