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Friday Photo: It’s Just Like Life

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.
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It was the juxtaposition here that caught my eye; the hovering between the change of seasons, between permanence and the fleetingness of the moment. I ride by these trees every day, hurrying to school, never stopping to look up or notice. It wasn’t until this month, when the light changed and the air cooled that […]

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True Beauty

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“Now we make you ugly, my mother said. She whistled. Her mouth was so close she sprayed my neck with her whistle-spit. I could smell beer. In the mirror I watched her move the piece of charcoal across my face. It’s a nasty life, she whispered.” ~ from Prayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement […]

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Creamy Miles of Quiet

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.
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“Creamy miles of quiet….Giant swoop of blue.” ~ Naomi Shihab Nye I pull the car over, suddenly, a little bit recklessly and ask you to take a photo to capture that moment that I feel should last just a second longer the tranquility, the stillness, the beauty of that flash in our ordinary day. I want to […]

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Worrying

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“I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes around worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.” – Isak Dinesen Something to think about… What are you spending your energy worrying about, instead […]

Double Delight of Beauty and Friendship

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Double Delight of Beauty and Friendship

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.
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“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.” — T.S. Eliot (The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism) This double delight was right outside my door today, bursting forth with vanilla scented deliciousness,  flowers tipped in fiery pink. When she blooms, sometimes I […]