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Autumn: A Season of Letting Go6 comments

Smallpeace wrote 7 months ago: The cats wake me up at 6:00 am, demanding to be fed. The soft, warm weather of Saturday has yielded … more →

Tags: simple happiness, Change of Season, Fall, Letting Go, Life Lessons, Money, Non-attachment, Renters, taconics

Forever Summer2 comments

Smallpeace wrote 8 months ago: After the days have long drawn in upon themselves, and the White Witch has cast her somnambulant spe … more →

Tags: Nature • Animals, simple happiness, goldenrod, Inspiration, light, Nature, oom's pond, purple loosestrife, Remembrance

Marking Time On the Laundry Line2 comments

Smallpeace wrote 10 months ago: In July, 86 degrees feels like a fine enough reason to hang out the laundry. There is a surprising p … more →

Tags: simple happiness, aging, clothes line, High School Reunion, Inspiration, laundry, Mortality, outdoors, simple happiness

Peonies: The Floozies of the Garden6 comments

Smallpeace wrote 11 months ago: I read somewhere that peonies are often referred to as “the floozies of the garden” beca … more →

Tags: Nature • Animals, Odes to common things, Beauty, Garden, Paeonia, Passion, peonies, Poetry

Barn Red and Apple Blossom Pink

Smallpeace wrote 11 months ago: In our town and for miles all around, farmers long ago cleared away fallen trees and wrested out bou … more →

Tags: Odes to common things, Apple Blossom, barn red, country living, Inspiration, odes to common things, simple happiness

The Impermanence of Trees (and Everything Else)10 comments

Smallpeace wrote 11 months ago: Call me a Chicken Little, but trees scare me. They grow while you are sleeping, and they can come cr … more →

Tags: anticipating disaster, Chicken Little, gardening, Inspiration, Life, natural disaster, Nature, tree on house, Trees

Artichoke Hearts with Lemon-Anchovy Sauce4 comments

Smallpeace wrote 11 months ago: Over the long weekend at Smallpeace, I had a little more kitchen time to devote to slightly more lab … more →

Tags: Eat • Drink • Play, recipe, artichoke hearts, lemon-anchovy sauce

A Morning Meditation2 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: Yoga has been difficult post surgery, and it is clear that my practice—like my body—has to change. U … more →

Tags: simple happiness, bliss, breast cancer, Cats, Inspiration, meditation, Michele Karas, Morning, simple happiness

A Hope-Filled Easter Vision2 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: Every now and then, I forget to look up from the sidewalk while I’m walking. I usually realize … more →

Tags: simple happiness, Easter, HOPE, Inspiration, Paying Attention

Ode to Rough Mornings4 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: Rough morning I do not have to be happy. I do not have to skip on tippy toes for all eight blocks to … more →

Tags: Odes to common things, Blossoms, Inspiration, Poetry, simple happiness, Urban

Love is in the Air2 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: There are turkeys living down our road. They live there all year round, yet they surprise and deligh … more →

Tags: Nature • Animals, Nature, turkeys, spring, simple happiness, Inspiration, Bobcats

Ode to a Daffodil4 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: So I am climbing up and up the park stairs to City campus one Monday evening when I pass a bed of go … more →

Tags: Odes to common things, Buddhism, daffodil, death, Inspiration, Ode, Poetry, spring

The Princess and the Deadly Pea: A Hopeful Ending with a Lesson10 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: Here’s the thing about breast cancer: it has infuriating self-possession. When a lump decides to mak … more →

Tags: Beyond Smallpeace, Spiritual Inspiration, Pema Chodron, breast cancer, Fairy Tale, Princess and the Pea, edmund dulac, Life, breast exam

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's the Art of Joyce Pensato!2 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: During the long hungry days of winter, we don’t always make it up to Smallpeace as often as we … more →

Tags: Life Style, abstract impressionism, Art, Batman, Cookie Monster, Donald Duck, Felix the Cat, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, Howard Simpson

The Way Back to Christmas Present2 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: He appeared out of nowhere, forcing the scroogey couple to stop their car at the intersection of Chr … more →

Tags: simple happiness, Inspiration, christmas present, Perspective, Holidays, christmas road trip

Grandma K's Christmas Eve Pierogies6 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: She’s been gone for too many years now, still how can I forget? The crackle of the frying pan, … more →

Tags: Eat • Drink • Play, recipe, Memories, pierogies, Christmas Eve, Functionetiks, Corrie Egoscue Karas, sauerkraut, Grandma

Grace and Gratitude9 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: Thanksgiving. What a wonderful holiday. It’s everything Black Friday and Cyber Monday aren’t. No tel … more →

Tags: Eat • Drink • Play, recipe, gratitude, Family, cooking, Thanksgiving, bread stuffing, turkey, Dining

To-Do #357: Reject Perfect2 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: My Inbox is stacked so very high with assignments that you can barely see me typing away at my compu … more →

Tags: Inspiration, To-do List, busy workweek, woolworth building, feeling overwhelmed, perfection

Eggplant and Chard Lasagna Recipe2 comments

Smallpeace wrote 1 year ago: My mother, brother, his wife and their two children will all be joining us in New York over the Than … more →

Tags: Eat • Drink • Play, recipe, vegetarian, Eggplant and chard lasagna, Family, feeding guests, cooking


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