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Natural Miracles

August 16, 2021May 2, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 9 Comments

To walk with children is to slow down and see differently instead of the movie that plays in my head - you know, the thinking, projecting, dreaming, remembering, planning, spinning. Children are awake to the present moment, curious about things I no longer attend to or things I think I already know about....

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The Final Word on the Absolute Very Best Time To Write

August 5, 2021April 30, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 6 Comments

Haruki Murakami wakes at 4am to write, without variation. Hemingway wrote as soon as it got light. Vonnegut started at 5:30am.... Since successful writers have set routines unique to them, there must be an optimal time for me as well....

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Ordinary Things

June 27, 2021April 21, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 13 Comments

I've been mulling over the ordinary things in life: my pen and paper, cold water, the tomato and eggplant. They transform as soon as I take notice, revealing something extraordinary.

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Bird Brain

May 17, 2021April 24, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 10 Comments

The vast grassland stretched out into a perfect spring day. An eagle soared, a heron and egret fished. I needed nothing else from the world for just that moment.

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Adaptation

May 4, 2020May 2, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 10 Comments

Adaptation comes little by little, accepting what I must, embracing what I can, trying to not tip over. I can do this, I can do this. I have no choice.

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Finding Your Retired Place in the World

November 2, 2018April 22, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 2 Comments

Retirement isn't about stopping living; for me it was about choosing how I wanted to live my life, and where I wanted to live it.

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You’re Older Than You’ve Ever Been (And Now You’re Getting Older)

April 1, 2018April 26, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 4 Comments

I go from having a spring in my step to groaning as I rise from my chair, from sprawling happily on the floor with grandchildren, to waking at night in pain. But what if I look at what I CAN do instead of can't?

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