Journeys

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Purple Showers

Every morning, for months at a time, dozens of beautiful lavender flowers appear along tall green stems clustered around our mailbox....

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Gems ftj Floating Legacy

Many years ago, when I had sailed away to the rest of the world and a completely new life, I still wanted to leave my ‘mark’ in the old...

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Gems from the Journey HOME

When New Orleans natives leave home, people say, sooner or later, like homing pigeons, they find their way back. For me it was both...

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Gems from the Journey

Fifty years ago on September 20, 1967 a naïve young woman boarded the Spanish freighter, Mar Egeo, at a New Orleans wharf for a two-week...

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Faith is Knowing

I believe in signs. At a time in my life when after many years of marriage I became divorced and began a new life, with many questions...

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Something Solid to Stand On

“When you’ve come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown,” said the oft-quoted...

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Journeys Create a Story

Life is a journey, and journeys within journeys. Some are physical, some spiritual, mental, emotional, social, or financial. They almost...