Sedona — Ordinary Challenges to Grow Compassion

Linda Marsanico

When I arrived in Sedona on August 1st, I found myself up to my ears in decisions about carpeting. My first choice was sisal, but the owner of a shop refused to install it. Local flooring experts were not comfortable with this natural fiber, giving me reasons why I may not like it once it…

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From Brooklyn to Sedona Near the Rocks

Linda Marsanico

Well, here I am…actually on a flight to Sedona. Haven’t been here since December 2013 and I do miss the way I feel when I’m amidst the vortexes… US Airways has a wonderful pre-TSA check-in for their usual fliers, and so off I go keeping on my shoes, having my bags closed…the way flying used…

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Summer of ’14

Last week, Thursday, on the train to my office, I listened to a song I haven’t heard for some time: “Gonna Make You Sweat – Everybody Dance Now” (C+C Music Factory, 1991). Oh, how I realized in an instant that I miss dancing, sweating, kicking up my heels! I grew up hearing music. My mother,…

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Let It Be

“When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be …Whisper words of wisdom Let it be.” Beatles, (1970,Written by Lennon, McCartney, Apple; Capitol)…

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