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Where's Home? Category 4: We carry it with us like a turtle
09 July 08 02:51 AM | Beth Patterson | 2 Comments   
In this, the final offering of submissions for the 'Where's Home' exercise, we explore carrying home with us as if we were a turtle or snail. We hope you enjoy submissions from Terri Good, Ella Moss, Karen Cox, Rita Clagett and Mo Scott. Thanks to each Read More...
Katrina Remembered: "Yes, my love, this is how it goes" Part 2
21 June 08 10:56 AM | Beth Patterson | 6 Comments   
Part 1: The call comes from 'Bougainvillea' (i.e. Katrina) asking me to come help her die. Katrina and I have been friends for over 20 years. Note: In the late 1990's Katrina took on the nickname from a tropical plant I had carted to Colorado from Florida--a Read More...
Leaving home so she can find home anew
24 May 08 12:55 AM | Beth Patterson | 2 Comments   
Second in the series, "Hi Honey, I'm Home" as part of the 'Where's Home' contest. I had the honor of helping present Toni Ryan, Executive Director of Saving Grace (formerly COBRA: Central Oregon Battering and Rape Alliance) the 2008 Crime Victims Assistance Read More...
Happy 1st birthday to the Virtual Tea House!
09 February 08 12:07 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
"Abu Yazid made his periodic journey to purchase supplies at the bazaar in the city of Hamadhan--a distance of several hundred miles. When he returned home, he discovered a colony of ants in the cardamon seeds. He carefully packed up the seeds again and Read More...
Shards of light
08 December 07 05:47 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
After Apple Picking by Robert Frost My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree Toward heaven still. And there's a barrel that I didn't fill Beside it, and there may be two or three Apples I didn't pick upon some bough. But I am done with apple-picking Read More...
Sharing the stove
02 December 07 04:27 AM | Beth Patterson | 4 Comments   
"We don't have to be each other's cup of tea, but tolerance lets a variety of kettles peacefully share the stove." NPR This I Believe essay: True Tolerance by Joel Engardio This week I had an email dialogue with my oldest 'surviving' friend--the one that Read More...

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