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Rev. Ani
Sep 22 min read
A Simple Day
Poems From The Porch Two plump squirrels chasing each other up the water oak A pair of hummingbirds vying for breakfast Mockingbirds...
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Rev. Ani
Jun 182 min read
A Day of Promise
Poems From The Porch Photo by Sergiu Nista on Unsplash Good morning, tiniest of frogs! What has Spirit invited you to savor today? What...
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Rev. Ani
Jun 173 min read
I Sit Still
Poems From The Porch I sit still and the whole world comes to me. I am serenaded by a symphony of sound: the soothing, steady flow of the...
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Rev. Ani
Apr 217 min read
Crafting the Life You Want (part five)
Musings of an Alonester https://www.danamanly.com/shop-link Chakra Four: Attuning to the Heart and Self-Acceptance According to Judith...
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Rev. Ani
Apr 176 min read
Crafting the Life You Want (part four)
Musings of an Alonester https://dana-manly-art.square.site/ Chakra Three: Attuning to Will and Self-Definition Judith (2011) proposed,...
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Rev. Ani
Apr 156 min read
Crafting the Life You Want (part three)
Musings of an Alonester https://www.danamanly.com/gallery-ii Chakra Two: Attuning to Emotions and Self-Gratification Historically, I have...
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Rev. Ani
Apr 146 min read
Crafting the Life You Want (part two)
Musings of an Alonester https://www.danamanly.com/gallery-ii Chakra One: Attuning to the Physical and Self-Preservation When my husband...
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Rev. Ani
Apr 135 min read
A Model for Crafting the Life You Want
Musings of an Alonester, PART ONE photo by Susanna Marsiglia on Unsplash.com In September 2022, my beloved husband of 24 years was killed...
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Rev. Ani
Mar 52 min read
The Artist
Poems From The Porch Photo by Cosmic Timetraveler on Unsplash The artist sees the beauty and caresses it with her pen, lovingly offering...
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Rev. Ani
Mar 42 min read
Alonester on a Louisiana Morning
Poems From The Porch Iris and ginger lily fronds swaying in response to the caress of the breeze Morning air alive with the sound of blue...
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Rev. Ani
Feb 202 min read
The Evidence of my Senses
Poems From The Porch The air is full of sound today– – bluejay, meadowlark, and mockingbird. Upright and supple, the young magnolia tree...
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Rev. Ani
Feb 111 min read
The Poet
~for Darrell Poems From The Porch The poet sees deeper than the skin of things underneath the flesh of landscape peering into the flow of...
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Rev. Ani
Feb 102 min read
Learning to Live Alone
Poems From The Porch I've been here before many, many times – – a gray Louisiana morning, the whoosh of the wind, birds singing merrily,...
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Rev. Ani
Feb 92 min read
The Way of Things
Poems From The Porch There is something about bathing in bird song that awakens Spring in the heart, and sunshine strong enough to cast...
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Rev. Ani
Jan 241 min read
The Aria of Ample
Poems From The Porch Open and quiet A posture of curiosity Aligning with the potential of the present Letting go of the need to know from...
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Rev. Ani
Jan 222 min read
A Wisdom of Participation
Poems From The Porch Rocking gently caressed by the soft strums of a guitar candle flame swaying with the tune fragrance of cedar and fir...
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Rev. Ani
Jan 211 min read
The Shift
Poems From The Porch I did not make it happen. This is the significant truth to acknowledge. So, what role did I play? My agency was (and...
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Rev. Ani
Jan 202 min read
That’s Just How It Is
Poems From The Porch Lucy & Gatito (above) Do we ever open our hands completely? What does it mean to be a participant in change? I kiss...
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Rev. Ani
Jan 191 min read
The Cost of Being a Butterfly
Poems From The Porch Spinning a cocoon No set amount of time Some never begin Safety denied For most, the start is early Four, 15, 23,...
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