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Author: Fred D

  • Shuffling Through The Fallen

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    Gary is a fellow ‘advanced state of maturity’ 😊blogger and Minnesota wilderness wanderer. Today he posted this poetically poignant fall musing . . . “I am the one gasping as a wind gust removes a hundred leaves to flutter. Up till now they have merrily waved at me all summer through life’s winds. Most of…

  • Great Smoky Mountain Symphony

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    Today I attended a mile high Great Smoky Mountain symphony ‘listening’ to mountains sing and trees clap their hands . . . breathtaking kaleidoscopic splendor! “You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst forth in song before you, and all the trees of the field…

  • Fall Watercolors

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    Red and yellow . . . black . . . with a smidgen of white, all compose a colorful sight

  • Pray 4 Peace

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    Today Malcolm, a blogger in England posted this picture and a prayer I felt led to share. It’s been said, “A picture is worth 1,000 words.”. . . this picture would fill a dictionary. I can’t help but think it’s what Jesus meant regarding Love when He said “…Love your neighbor as yourself…”, and when…

  • Alter-Ego #4

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    Backstory – An alter-ego is defined as one’s second self, a different version of oneself to aspire to . . . kinda’ like Clark Kent’s Superman. A while back I began a collection of short, anonymous tributes to some of my wan-a-bee alter-egos, individuals who have graciously blessed my life by being there to support…

  • Power, History, Tail of the Dragon

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    Yesterday we took a short road trip across the border to Fontana, NC. There, tucked away in scenic Appalachians is Fontana Dam. It’s one of over 30 dams in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s vast hydroelectric system spanning the watersheds of 7 states. Fontana Dam played a crucial role in America’s WWII victory. Our 46-mile door-to-dam…

  • Fall in the Smokies

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    Shinrin yoku . . . the Japanese term meaning forest bathing. Today, totally immersed wandering the forest witnessing summer’s green begin it’s surrender to fall’s vibrant, multicolored hues, a sudden breeze stirred the leaves.  Silently bathed in creation’s grandeur, I ‘heard’ the sound of the wonder Isaiah wrote of some 3,000 years ago . .…

  • Grateful for Exo/Endo Skeletons

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    “Count your blessings, count them one by one, and it will amaze you what the Lord has done.” Encountering this alien on our deck this morning, the former Science teacher in me kicked in. We humans make up just 0.01% of life on earth, whereas pesky insects comprise 75% of all animal species . .…

  • Alter Ego #3

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    Backstory – An alter-ego is defined as one’s second self, a different version of oneself to aspire to . . . kinda’ like Clark Kent’s Superman. A while back I began a collection of short, anonymous tributes to some of my wan-a-bee alter-egos who have graciously blessed my life by being there to support and…

  • Nature’s Drumbeat

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    Wandering the forest today Mother Nature serenaded me with sporadic drumbeat of acorns, dislodged by each gust of wind, softly thudding to the forest floor. The mast crop is abundant this year, and the squirrels, bears, deer and other forest denizens are feasting on the bounty. Listening in the solitude I sensed the wonder of…