Letting Go, one of the themes at the Natalie Goldberg silent retreat in Taos, December 2010, collage made of magazine paper, wax crayons, and pen and ink in Moleskine journal, image © 2010 by ybonesy. All rights reserved. It was strange to find myself sitting in the zendo at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House [...]
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Zesty Cranberry Salsa / Cranberry-Orange Relish
Posted in Family Recipes, Food, Holidays, Photography, Practice, Seasons, tagged cinnamon, cranberries, Cranberry-Orange Relish, fresh cranberries, ginger root, great cranberry recipes, Holiday recipes, salsa recipes, Zesty Cranberry Salsa on December 26, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Fresh Ginger Root & Cinnamon, BlackBerry Shots, Golden Valley, Minnesota, November 2010, photo © 2010 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved. During the Holidays, friends and family shared two cranberry dishes that were so delicious, I’ve saved the recipes for next year. I thought I’d post them on red Ravine so they would be easy to [...]
s i t – w a l k – w r i t e – f l y
Posted in Poetry, Life, Art, Haiku, Practice, Love, Nature, Structure, Place, Seasons, Dreams, Animals & Critters, Silence, Gratitude, Bones, Topic Writing, Taos, Things That Fly, Great Places To Write, Wake Up, On the Road, tagged collage, doodle journals, folk art, Gratitude Journals, journal art, journals, Mabel Dodge Luhan House, making art, pigeon art, pigeon coops, sit-walk-write, sit-walk-write-fly, Taos, Taos New Mexico on December 23, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Sit Walk Write Fly in Taos, pigeon coop at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House, December 2010, collage made of magazine paper, wax crayons, and pen and ink in Moleskine journal, image © 2010 by ybonesy. All rights reserved. Joy is s i t w a l k w r i t e with Mabel’s pigeons in [...]
PRACTICE — Joy — 15min
Posted in Body, Bones, Gratitude, Growing Older, Life, Personal, Practice, Seasons, Topic Writing, Writing Practices, tagged fear & fearlessness, joy in the simple things, Joy is, Joy is not, living timeline, quality of life, shadows & light, the nature of Joy, the visible invisible, What is Joy?, what's left behind, Wheel of Life, writing about joy on December 23, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Joy. My heart is full of joy. Even though much of December has been a struggle. Joy is connected to giving. To the Holiday Spirit. I feel joy when I am connected to people who are close; I feel joy when I am alone, writing, doing art, sitting in silence. I live in the times [...]
PRACTICE: Joy – 15min
Posted in 25 Things, Family, Gratitude, Holidays, Life, Love, Personal, Practice, Topic Writing, Writing Practices, tagged joy, joy in the simple things, Joy is, the joy of Christmas, What is Joy?, writing about joy on December 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Joy is the giant snowflakes that fell last Thursday night after a solid day of rain. The temperature dipped below freezing and the water turned to slush then white fluffy flakes. Dee ran outside and took photos with her iPhone, she later showed me the flakes, which looked to be about the size of big [...]
WRITING TOPIC — JOY
Posted in Body, Bones, Dreams, Gratitude, Holding My Breath, I Don't Remember, Laughing, Life, Practice, Seasons, Vision, Wake Up, Writing Topics, tagged joy, joy in the simple things, Joy is, Joy is not, Ode To Joy, SnowWriting, the nature of Joy, the practice of writing, What color is Joy?, What is Joy?, writing about joy on December 15, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Joy Is, Joy Is Not, BlackBerry Shots, Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 2010, photo © 2010 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved. The days are dark, the nights long. Five days until Winter Solstice. Holidays draw us to friends and family, gift giving, service work. I want to go inside. Reflective heat, ambient light. Darkroom blues. I have [...]
Balloons
Posted in Art, Family, Relationships, Word Of The Day, tagged balloons, layers, Louis Robertson, making art, mixed media art, painting, painting on vellum, pen and ink drawing, the creative process, the meaning of color, the process of painting, vellum on December 12, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Balloons, paint, pen & ink on vellum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, December 2010, photo © 2010 by Louis Robertson. All rights reserved. While we were digging out from a December blizzard in Minnesota, my brother was painting in Pennsylvania. His transplant recovery is going well. He’s driving again, working full-time, and almost able to lift as much [...]
haiku for silence
Posted in Bones, Everyday Art, Gratitude, Great Places To Write, Haiku, Love, On the Road, Personal, Photography, Place, Poetry, Practice, Silence, Spirituality, Structure, Taos, Wake Up, Writing, tagged finding humility, gratitude for community, just sitting, Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Natalie Goldberg, Silence, silent retreats, sit like the mountain, sit-walk-write, stepping out of silence, waking up, writing in community, writing through pain on December 8, 2010 | 11 Comments »
View from The Gatehouse,” Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos, December 8, 2010, photo © 2010 by ybonesy. All rights reserved. Sleepwalking I arrive but silence awakens me to our suffering ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On this second full day of silence, something snaps. I thought I came here because: I had vacation time to kill, I wanted [...]
Sitting In Silence
Posted in Body, Bones, Dreams, Family, Gratitude, Great Places To Write, I Don't Remember, Life, Photography, Place, Practice, Relationships, Seasons, Silence, Spirituality, Structure, Taos, Vision, Wake Up, Writers, Writing, tagged black & white photography, continue under all circumstances, craving silence, December, film photography, gratitude for community, just sitting, Mabel Dodge Luhan House, make positive effort for the good, Natalie Goldberg, New Mexico, not being tossed away, sit like the mountain, sit-walk-write, Taos Mountain, the value of practice, writing community, writing in community, writing retreats on December 5, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Moon Over Taos Mountain, Taos, New Mexico, January 2003, Tri-X black & white film print, photo © 2003-2011 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved. December marks a time of darkness and silent reflection leading up to the Winter Solstice. Most Decembers, Natalie holds a writing retreat around the time of December 1st through 8th. In Zen, [...]
Vintage Photos & Family Recipes — Simple Taco Soup
Posted in Culture, Family, Family Recipes, Food, Gratitude, Growing Older, Holidays, Home, Life, Love, Personal, Photography, Relationships, tagged blended families, comfort food, connecting through handwriting, easy to make recipes, family legacies, family memories, family photos, family traditions, food and nurturing, food memories, gift ideas, gifts that keep on giving, how to make Taco Soup, memory makers, passing down family recipes, recipe cards, Simple Taco Soup, snapshots, Taco Soup, the most meaningful gifts, the value of photographs, things I learn from my family, vintage photographs on December 1, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Simple Taco Soup 1 lb. lean ground beef 1 can whole kernel corn 1 can Mexican chili beans 1 can pinto beans 1 can kidney beans 1 large can petite diced tomatoes 1 package taco seasoning mix Brown ground beef and stir in the taco seasoning. Add canned veggies and simmer until flavors are blended [...]
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