Behind me the sun settles
into the sea but I’m facing
a fire flickering in a great stone
hearth not big enough to roast
an ox, but big enough.
It’s taken the universe fifteen
billion years to get me here
and I find I’m grateful.
~ Nils Peterson, “Christmas Eve By the Sea” in A Walk to the Center of Things
Notes:
- Poem: via 3quarksdaily. Photo by Milamai
- Related Posts: Miracle. All of it.
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Happy New Year, David, thanks for all your great posts.
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Thank you Bill. Appreciate the kind words. All the best to you in 2018.
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Indeed – grateful as we ring in 2018. For sunrises with friends. Happiest of New Years, my friend.
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Thank you Mimi. Appreciate you and our friendship.
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yes. grateful for all of it. in contrast to the beauty of hot ball of fire, my post today shows the beauty of the cold. (i can say that, as i’m inside).
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Smiling. Us too here. A deep freeze that is only slightly warming today. Couldn’t imagine standing in Times Square waiting for ball to drop.
http://www.nj.com/weather/index.ssf/2017/12/arctic_blast_to_bring_frigid_new_years_eve_temps_i.html
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no, a nightmare for so many reasons, and that just kicks it up a notch –
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Grateful, indeed!
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Happy New Year, Susan!
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And to you Mimi!
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Thank you for another year of laughter, learning and reflection, DK. Grateful to have found you and this little community you have built and for the friendships I have found here. Wishing you and Susan a very happy New Year!🎊
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Thank you Lori. It was a whirlwind. And I appreciate you, your friendship and your beautiful way with words. I am grateful.
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So so Beautiful…
Yes, Thank you for everything you do here, David.
Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family. I wish you all the blessings your precious heart desires. And a hearth big enough!
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Thank you Sawsan. And thank you for following along and providing the inspiration. Happy New Year to you and your family.
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Lovely poem, David. Have a great New Year. Stefy🍸
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Thanks Stefy! You too!
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I’m grateful too, David. Happy New Year! ♡
Diana xo
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Thank you for your wonderful sharing and the community you have formed! We appreciate you and each other as a result of what you have given. What an image…and poem! The sea seems to call us all back to some barely conscious beginnings.
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Awww. Thanks so much for the kind words. We do have a wonderful community. Happy New Year to you.
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Happy New Year dear David, Thank you, Love, nia
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Thanks Nia. You too!
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Happy New Year, David. Thanks for a year of beautiful and inspiring posts. 🙏
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Hey Roseanne. Thank you for following along and providing the inspiration. Happy New Year!
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I find I’m grateful too, David. Happy New Year and thanks for your wonderful blog.
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Thank you Ann. Happy New Year to you too…
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Lovely photo. Tonight the sun sets on 2017. Tomorrow, may it rise on the beginning of a wonderful year for us all. Happy New Year, David, to you and your family.
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Thank you Anneli. Happy New Year to you too…
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TY. See you next year. I think we should have a Year of the Bloggers.
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I’dl like that!
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Happy New Year, David…
Come join us in 2018, you slow poke! It’s already 8am January… 😉 😉
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Ha! Thanks Carolyn. No thanks. Time is moving way too fast for me as it is. I can wait. Happy New Year!
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from the depths of mybed
THANK YOU for everything you brought us and which touched our eyes, minds, hearts and funny bones
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❤️ thank you Kiki
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