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• On being a water-witch for 'All Hallows Ev'n'...and beyond

  As we come up on 'All Hallows Ev'n', maybe I'll dress as a water-witch and see if people can guess what I am. I'm thinking: willow twigs and crystal pendulums, over a flesh-colored body suit, of course. Or maybe this is a better post for "Dia De Los Muertos" Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 6:09 PM by Beth Patterson | 6 Comments Filed under: ancestors, eccentricity, Einstein, intuition

• An amazing photo journal of Faith, aka Will Power, the dog

  This photo journal of Faith (or Will Power) the dog made my heart smile and weep at the same time. Make sure to scroll down the page of the above link to see all the photos. NOTE: See comment on this post--this little dog's name is actually 'Faith'... Read More... Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 3:23 AM by Beth Patterson | 2 Comments Filed under: acceptance, animal-human connection, becoming more human, blooming where we're planted, compassion, courage, eccentricity, gotta play to win, wonder

• Lesson # 5: if it ain't broke, don't fix it

  So on a post last week, "The Dog's in Heaven and the Cat's in Jail" in a follow up comment, I came to Geronimo's (aka Damn Dog's) defense. I wrote about 4 things that he has been teaching us about living and loving. Here's one I forgot, and since it's Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:49 AM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: anxiety, attachment, blessings, brokenness, eccentricity, healing from abuse, life finds a way

• On the 30th anniversary of my mother's death

  My niece Dione, who I was fortunate to help raise, and who of course, helped raise me at the same time...with her son beautiful son Edan. Mom died 3 years before Dione was born. Dione was very close to my Father for the first 6 years of her life before Read More... Posted Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:47 AM by Beth Patterson | 7 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, abundance, ancestors, ancestry, blooming where we're planted, eccentricity, gratitude, motherless daughters

• On Becoming Eccentric

  "Well, so, when I was a kid, my mother used to quote somebody to me that said, 'I am human, therefore nothing is foreign to me.' And then she'd say stuff like, 'Beth, your job is to become ever-more eccentric . That's your only work in life.' Didn't get Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:51 PM by Beth Patterson | 1 Comments Filed under: becoming more human, eccentricity