Tag: candle
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January 8, 2019
Here we are in the bleak mid-winter, these dark days of waiting for the return of the light. This seems like the best time to put pen to paper, to try (as Gregory says to the little mouse Despereaux) to tell a story and make some light. So, that is what I am doing here,…
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July 24, 2012
This mouse is a gift from a friend. He is intended to hold a candle. He sits on my desk with his paws outstretched and his empty bowl aloft. I like him as he is, without the candle. He looks to me as if he is asking for something and patiently waiting for it. I…
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January 25, 2011
One of my favorite Peanuts’ cartoon strips shows Linus walking toward Charlie Brown, holding a lighted candle. Charlie Brown says, “What’s this?” Linus answers: “I have heard that it is better to light a single candle than it is to curse the darkness.” And Charlie Brown says, “That’s true, although there will always be those…