Class of March 2016 part 68
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Good morning,
Happy Sunday, Easter and April Fool's Day in any order you wish.
Summer is definitely over - it is 5.30am and I'm wearing all the clothes I can find.
Grateful to be up early and sober.
Best wishes
Fradley
Happy Sunday, Easter and April Fool's Day in any order you wish.
Summer is definitely over - it is 5.30am and I'm wearing all the clothes I can find.
Grateful to be up early and sober.
Best wishes
Fradley
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: German Village, Columbus with my love ♥
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Originally Posted by Pelagic263 
Sorry everyone I think I'll just back out as gracefully as I can.
I used to make dumb jokes: "Its not the end of the world. Its just the end of you."
Haha. Nothing has changed.
I used to make dumb jokes: "Its not the end of the world. Its just the end of you."
Haha. Nothing has changed.
Stay. Please.
♥
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Originally Posted by LillianGish
Welcome back Purp. 
Some enlightening moments this week for me. I received a small promotion at work and they announced it this week to the dept, with a little champagne get together on the balcony. The next day was our 32 wedding anniversary. I avoided alcohol on both counts...remembering that the beauty of the moment can really only be felt without being numbed out.
On the balcony I held a bottle of water in my hand for the toasts. “I’m on a diet” was my answer to anyone handing me a flute of bubbly. I did feel awkward but alas, that’s the real me. At dinner, my husband invited our youngest daughter...making it easier to not drink. I was the driver.
Two months sober on Monday and I am so happy. I have the whole week off this week and I can’t wait to relax and have some fun here at my staycation!
Casey I just ordered the classic nes Nintendo and I’ll be playing me some Zelda. Mwhahaha!
Some enlightening moments this week for me. I received a small promotion at work and they announced it this week to the dept, with a little champagne get together on the balcony. The next day was our 32 wedding anniversary. I avoided alcohol on both counts...remembering that the beauty of the moment can really only be felt without being numbed out.
On the balcony I held a bottle of water in my hand for the toasts. “I’m on a diet” was my answer to anyone handing me a flute of bubbly. I did feel awkward but alas, that’s the real me. At dinner, my husband invited our youngest daughter...making it easier to not drink. I was the driver.
Two months sober on Monday and I am so happy. I have the whole week off this week and I can’t wait to relax and have some fun here at my staycation!
Casey I just ordered the classic nes Nintendo and I’ll be playing me some Zelda. Mwhahaha!
Like you. ♥♥
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Originally Posted by PhoenixJ
I am not an avid bird watcher. BUT- every morn, at the false dawn...a young maggie perches on the very top- the pinnacle of a big old pine tree near my home...and warbles it's tribute to the sun. Always faces east. Cat-S would have been proud.
♥I am a HUGE bird freak.....it has become a big part of my life here.....I have never seen or heard such magnificent birds.
Mr and Mrs gorgeous cardinal have been with us since I got here....
Morning Marchies.
Loads of love.
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Originally Posted by Dee74
Not my recording but I live with a bunch of these little fellas - I love it
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Happy Easter to my favorite Marchers! Enjoy, and give thanks for the gift of sobriety today! It’s hard work but we are better people because of it.
Off to sneak some mid morning chocolate from my kiddos’ baskets. At 8, 6 and 2, the Easter bunny is still very much alive here.
Off to sneak some mid morning chocolate from my kiddos’ baskets. At 8, 6 and 2, the Easter bunny is still very much alive here.
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Hello and Happy Easter March friends!
We have a lot of quail here - they do make a nice noise, and they kind of cute - but I can only think of them as part of the food chain. I know that sounds terrible, but it's true
I'm looking forward to a good day. I've got a few things on my task list to take care of, and I'm always grateful to have busy hands.
Easter is an interesting holiday, and while I don't consider myself attached to any one religion (but I really have a fascination with all religions), I trust that all my Christian friends are feeling a sense of wellness today through the victory of His death.
Have a great day everyone! Don't drink - it's very bad for you.
We have a lot of quail here - they do make a nice noise, and they kind of cute - but I can only think of them as part of the food chain. I know that sounds terrible, but it's true
I'm looking forward to a good day. I've got a few things on my task list to take care of, and I'm always grateful to have busy hands.
Easter is an interesting holiday, and while I don't consider myself attached to any one religion (but I really have a fascination with all religions), I trust that all my Christian friends are feeling a sense of wellness today through the victory of His death.
Have a great day everyone! Don't drink - it's very bad for you.
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Good morning, guys!
Yesterday day was sweet. Got to spend about 8 hours with Kamry, Nathan’s daughter.
Today is family time at my mom’s then Sophia and Olivia adventures.
Have a blessed day, everyone, whatever your beliefs.
Pelagic, not sure what your post meant, but don’t leave. You belong here.
Yesterday day was sweet. Got to spend about 8 hours with Kamry, Nathan’s daughter.
Today is family time at my mom’s then Sophia and Olivia adventures.
Have a blessed day, everyone, whatever your beliefs.
Pelagic, not sure what your post meant, but don’t leave. You belong here.
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Happy Easter everyone.
Lillian, I love to go birding in CA. I usually start the year there. This year I saw my 100th bird on Jan 6 on the CA coast. It was an Osprey, one of my favs. Every year I say I want to see 400 (not much of an accomplishment since the record is over 750 for North America). I usually quit around 250 though. Its a lot of work.
Sibley does indeed show that little collar on the Ring-necked, but none of my books call it a field mark. You're right, the bill does it best.
Oh, don't get me started on birding, you'll never hear the end of it, lol.
Still no laptop so I'll stop here. Have a great day everyone. I won't give up on this either. Love you Marchers.
Lillian, I love to go birding in CA. I usually start the year there. This year I saw my 100th bird on Jan 6 on the CA coast. It was an Osprey, one of my favs. Every year I say I want to see 400 (not much of an accomplishment since the record is over 750 for North America). I usually quit around 250 though. Its a lot of work.
Sibley does indeed show that little collar on the Ring-necked, but none of my books call it a field mark. You're right, the bill does it best.
Oh, don't get me started on birding, you'll never hear the end of it, lol.
Still no laptop so I'll stop here. Have a great day everyone. I won't give up on this either. Love you Marchers.
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My wife just reminded me of a beautiful poem.
"Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver. I can't post with this little tablet but its all over the internet. I think I'll keep a copy in my recovery notebook.
Another by Oliver, "The Journey." These can help I think.
"Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver. I can't post with this little tablet but its all over the internet. I think I'll keep a copy in my recovery notebook.
Another by Oliver, "The Journey." These can help I think.
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You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
Mary Oliver
Wild Geese
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
Mary Oliver
Wild Geese
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Join Date: May 2014
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One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voice behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life that you could save.
Mary Oliver
The Journey
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voice behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life that you could save.
Mary Oliver
The Journey
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