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"Stories shape the world." Yes! And you shape our experience, your readers, by your beautiful posts that are so carefully and lovingly constructed. Thank you, Karen!

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Thank you Jeanne

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Thank you Karen. Without our stories, we have no past and are like a dead thing. Our stories tell us who we are and others know us by our stories. Tell more stories.

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Tell more stories for sure.

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The leaf just exists. We’re looking for stories to make sense of existence. I wonder who’s luckier!

Really enjoyed reading. Thank you Karen

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Thank you Vasant

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This was such a lovely read Karen. Your images and words spoke to me today. Indeed a reminder to revise the stories I hold in my head about myself and others.

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Thank you Jodie

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Really a beautiful post Karen ~the writing ~the pictures ~you just out did yourself ~ thank you so much for this❤️ just so amazing

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Thank you Catherine!

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Thanks, once again, Karen, my Sunday has been greatly enriched by you and your ponderings. You are gifted! And we get to enjoy the result because you are willing to share your gifts. Peace and Joy!

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Thank you Uncle Bill!

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Brilliant Karen. Thank you so much for these beautiful questions and for sharing your photos.

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Thank you Julie

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"Taylor Swift is showing us all how to rewrite the story." !!!

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She is! The article about her in Time Magazine spoke so much to this.

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Exquisite. The text really enhances the joy of the photos

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Thank you Jeffrey

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In these dual seasons of Hanukkah and Advent, our traditions revisit our old familiar stories, which are always the springboard and doorway to new beginnings. Stories are not just sentiment and nostalgia. They are life-giving forces that invite us and move us into a new way of being and seeing.

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Stories are forces - they can be life-giving or life-draining! The trick is figuring out which.

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Indeed! The choice is ours to determine what stories we believe, cling to, retell, or reinvent! So much power in those choices!

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Really beautiful post and descriptions of stories from different perspectives. Especially love the caption of how Crows control their own narratives! I think that's one reason I am fascinated by Crows and others like Ravens and Jays.

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Thank you Neil! Crows are rock stars, lol, they don't take nothin from nobody.

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