Tag: wonder
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February 1, 2022
Last week, I looked out the window as the sun was rising and saw the most perfect little moon hanging up in the sky. “Oh,” I said out loud. “I’m glad I got to see you.” I’m always rushing around, making lists, trying to get things done, but that morning I just stood still and…
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June 13, 2013
E.B. White (in Charlotte’s Web) said that we must always be on the lookout for wonders. I saw this wonder on the sidewalk leading up to the New York Public Library. The words literally stopped me in my tracks. They made me laugh out. They made me nod my head in agreement. And they made…
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November 13, 2012
Here is a picture of early morning light on the St. Croix River. It isn’t an extraordinary picture. I know that. But every time I look at it, I feel a vertiginous sense of wonder. My first memory is of water, of standing on the beach in Bay Ridge, Maryland, watching as a wave came…