Tag Archives: Pleasure

A SWEET VALENTINE FROM THE PAST

Posted on February 15, 2018 by elainedanforth

Give yourself a little gift of thoughtful, loving service. . . after your need, or else, some thing that somehow simply makes you pleased. . . And it may befall that you forget, and later rediscover it, which multiplies your … Continue reading →

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WHAT IS A WHIRLIGIG?

Posted on April 28, 2017 by elainedanforth

What is a whirligig? Is it invisible? Is it a curlicue? Is small? Is it big? Is it something static twirling or moving fast as orange pumpkins hurling to splatter on a tall ship’s rig? Is it a tiny little … Continue reading →

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JOY IN DEEP DECEMBER

Posted on December 12, 2016 by elainedanforth

Ten days before solstice. . . There’s no way I ever could regain my stride in which I’d take more pleasure (mixed with a bit of pride) than, at my own chosen pace of leisure, to pedal up a hill … Continue reading →

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IF SILLINESS WERE CURABLE

Posted on November 26, 2016 by elainedanforth

If the fact were in any way ensurable that silliness, is in fact, quite curable, would it be wise to try to wipe the world of that giggly, wiggly, lighter guise?. . . More than a few get so delirious … Continue reading →

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SAILING NEAR THE SIREN SONG

Posted on September 1, 2016 by elainedanforth

Stop. Recall what day you do now live, and what hour of the clock. When long at sea, the sun gets hot. The wind will whip the boat will rock. The rain pours wild, and sometimes violently– So, when you … Continue reading →

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IT’S CHEWSDAY! LICK THOSE CHOPPERS!

Posted on September 29, 2015 by elainedanforth

It’s Chewsday, Friends! It’s time to lick those choppers! Use them to cut and tear and mash your food from crude to fine, within your body, now and here, and coax your mouth to juicy moist, its liquids happily and … Continue reading →

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SOUNDING YOUR WELL

Posted on July 23, 2015 by elainedanforth

Slow down, take breath– look at yourself. . . Deep sound at rest your very being’s supply well. . . Living water hiding quiet in recess. . . Take time to tap it, and the reaping of your inner fruiting … Continue reading →

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THE TREASURY NOTE

Posted on April 17, 2015 by elainedanforth

It’s important to note, as you go through your day, almost by rote, that what once was a very rare pleasure has now become an everyday treasure.

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MY MOTHER IS LIKE NO OTHER

Posted on May 12, 2014 by elainedanforth

My mother was and is like no other. . . And so, I’m sure, is yours. . . But my best guess says most Moms wouldn’t mind to get a smiling bunch of flowers and a sunny spot to sit … Continue reading →

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LIFE IS DELICIOUS

Posted on April 19, 2014 by elainedanforth

Life is delicious. . . sorrow, joy pleasure, pain earth’s interpose to block moon’s beam. . . thus bereft reflected sun, how red it seem! communion, service– passion. . . scarcity and surplus– righteous action begs to billow like a … Continue reading →

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