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Holiday Miscellany & Poem

laura bruno lilly — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:21:10 +0000

A Pair of Snowy Owls in Chicago on the Lakefront - December 2025©LBLArctic gift of natureSlipped through the polar vortex.Come to visit those who need respite frombrutality and greed. The teapot makes me smile – a reminder of my first Christmas as a newlywed. Hubby spent hours with a carpenter friend in his shop designing […]

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RIP Robert Redford

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:34:55 +0000

please note: scroll/read to the end to discover who won the giveaway. Robert Redford – August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025movie star, director, producer and film champion, heartthrob, environmentalist, philanthropist, family man, political activist, person of consequence and (he)artistic everyman Movie star, director, producer and film champion Most are acquainted with these aspects of […]

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Giving Voice: A USAID-funded researcher’s perspective on 2025 changes-pt3

Michelle L. Solorio — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 21:14:39 +0000

Notice the byline on this post? Yes, the ‘USAID-funded researcher’ is none other than our middle daughter, Michelle. And yes, she is one whose voice was silenced on 1/20/2025. A few months ago, Michelle asked if she could share her perspective with my readers.It was time. Part 3: Unresolved My belief in people’s capacity to […]

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Giving Voice: A USAID-funded researcher’s perspective on 2025 changes-pt2

Michelle L. Solorio — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:39:58 +0000

Notice the byline on this post? Yes, the ‘USAID-funded researcher’ is none other than our middle daughter, Michelle. And yes, she is one whose voice was silenced on 1/20/2025. A few weeks ago, Michelle asked if she could share her perspective with my readers.It was time. (note: part 2 is the longest of this 3-part […]

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Giving Voice: A USAID-funded researcher’s perspective on 2025 changes-pt1

Michelle L. Solorio — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:55:00 +0000

Notice the byline on this post? Yes, the ‘USAID-funded researcher’ is none other than our middle daughter, Michelle. And yes, she is one whose voice was silenced on 1/20/2025. A few weeks ago, Michelle asked if she could share her perspective with my readers. It was time. PART 1: War and Life The room was […]

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Coffee and

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:15:00 +0000

Chocolate Honey Lavender Shortbread Cookies Hello Readers! While my blogging absence has been partly due to mindful summery activities/work/projects/laziness, it is mostly a result of managing a string of migraine storms over the course of the past 8 weeks – and counting. I’m in an in-between migraine wave space and really wanted to get a […]

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XLV

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:17:00 +0000

1978-2023 (and counting!) June 17th. Our 45th wedding anniversary. Over the course of a long love story, what was once a single ‘our song’ becomes a whole playlist of songs. Marking myriad events in the ups, downs; ebbs, flows; crushing sorrows, magnificent joys; everyday living out of our love & life in this world hand-in-hand […]

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Life Is In The Doing

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 13:14:39 +0000

I’m just doing the doing. More some days than others. A steady doing of doing that is mostly mindful, often delightful, surprisingly productive and always so very daily. Hubby and I took on several home improvement projects since buying our little rental home October 2021. Doing needful maintenance the landlord avoided doing – even when […]

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Shortest Day, Longest Night

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 02:25:51 +0000

“The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” – John 1:5 These past few years I’ve been heavy on the ‘longest night’ part of reflecting upon life’s unfolding during the winter solstice. So herein I am pondering more of the ‘shortest day’ side of things. I like sitting this side […]

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Betwixt & Between my Purple Patch Flights of Fancy

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:15:00 +0000

It’s been awhile since I last posted. I have noticed many of the bloggers/musicians/writers/quilters/artists/poets/photographers/aka-everyday people I follow are also more silent than active on their website/blogs these days. So, I’m in good company. ? I like how those same blog-buds just post something – whenever – without apologizing for not having posted for a good […]

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