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Priorities Over Chaos

laura bruno lilly — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:33:57 +0000

Like many of you, I’m finding it difficult to post regularly. For whatever reason, and there are many significant factors involved, it’s just how things are for me right now. An easing back into the blogging rhythm just hasn’t presented itself before now. I’ve noticed several bloggers I follow have courageously forged forth with timely […]

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Finding Home (Poem)

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 19:52:00 +0000

Finding Homeby Laura Bruno Lilly© 2020 I’ll know. When it feels right. Deep down in the dark moonlight filled with desert delight and mountain might. Finding Home. Where past meets now and future hopes crystallize. Where how and why are captured kept as secret gardens – growing spirit – with a side of fruit. A […]

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Snips, Snaps and Soggy Bottom Pie

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:30:28 +0000

Catchy title, eh? It’s been rolling around in my head as a title for a poem since 2015. The alliteration, associated visuals, meanings and rhythmic feel just lends itself to something more creative than yet another blog post. I mean, speak this out loud: snips, snaps and soggy bottom pie. Like I said, the perfect […]

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Yeah, it's a hot summer…

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 00:26:55 +0000

A sight for sore eyes, no? Thank you, Annika for giving me permission to share this as part of my little oasis offering to my readers – not that any of it will actually cool us down or offer any solutions to the state of our Global Warming Reality…but, well, we’re all entitled to a break. […]

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Seed Quote, by Hope Jahren

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:03:30 +0000

A seed knows how to wait. Most seeds wait for at least a year before starting to grow; a cherry seed can wait for a hundred years with no problem. What exactly each seed is waiting for is known only to that seed… A seed is alive while it waits. Every acorn on the ground […]

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Shout Out: "Just a Rose" by Colin Chappell

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:27:12 +0000

When I first heard this poem, my mind immediately flashed on a photo I took during my Summer of Dad – that of a lone rose thriving in the midst of Ma & Dad’s overgrown and neglected garden. “…for my blooms have served a purpose…” From Just Thinking a collection of “little writings which […]

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Minions always make me smile, especially when they're recycling buddies

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 05 May 2017 23:23:40 +0000

Here’s a little reminder that not everything in this world is topsy-turvey crazy. Go here for a gorgeous reminder that things in this life can be beautiful regardless of circumstances or politics.

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Snippets of an Inner Childhood Soundscape

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 02:13:48 +0000

Lately I’ve been remembering quiet times as a kid, with a sharp ear for what actually occupied my time. I’m realizing that my prayers, thoughts and stories were all relayed via inner music. I sang declarations of love to my God, hummed certain discordant intervals when I was scared, and then snappy tunes when happy. […]

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Respite with a Snapdragon

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:45:18 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, I am a snapdragon… Thus began a post I wrote in September announcing the beginning of my soon to be launched ‘serious series’ now known as Giving Voice. Several posts and weeks into the series, I just now realized I forgot about my flower promise. Please accept my humble apologies, and […]

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Everything's Coming Up…Daisies?

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:03:12 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, I am a snapdragon. I never thought of myself in flower terms before, but even if I had, I’m not sure I would have associated a snapdragon with my personality before taking this little quiz. Interestingly, I took it 8 times in a row and came up as a snapdragon each […]

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