Ordinary Days
A ‘reminder’ of sorts showed up on my FB feed this morning, a little nudge that has rerouted my day and my thoughts in a more achievable...
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Pamela Shensky
- May 13
- 3 min
'Umbrellas'
A small, brown table sat in my parent’s kitchen for most of my adult life; this is where nearly all my problems were solved. I would sit...
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Pamela Shensky
- Apr 30
- 2 min
Yesterdays
My sister, Susan, was born in Thibodaux, Louisiana on the first day of summer in 1958.I was going to be 4 years old 8 days later on June...
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Pamela Shensky
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Tomorrows
I remember these days, days in spring when my thoughts were light enough to sit on clouds for a bit and then suddenly taken away by the...
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Pamela Shensky
- Apr 17
- 3 min
My Eternal Friend
Some days I feel a bit ‘off’. There is usually nothing terribly ‘wrong’, but it is, as though, I am out of alignment emotionally. When I...
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Pamela Shensky
- Apr 4
- 2 min
1983
It is early, 5 am on a Tuesday in April. My mind is clear as I wait for the water to steam for my coffee, my retreat. The kettle is old,...
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Pamela Shensky
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Art
Nearly every morning, I sit with coffee in a fat old chair near a window in my studio that looks out into our backyard and into the...
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Pamela Shensky
- Mar 29
- 2 min
Where Do They Go?
It was quiet while I walked backed from the clothesline to my house, stopping to gather a few eggs and check on the progress of my...
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Pamela Shensky
- Mar 25
- 2 min
Everyday, We Begin
I try, each morning of clear skies, to walk through the dew and get a secret peek of the remnants of the night before. There is no other...
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Pamela Shensky
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Planting Seeds
The morning was just right for (re)planting sweet peas and morning glories. The seeds were soaked overnight and plump and ready to nest...
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Pamela Shensky
- Mar 12
- 3 min
In The Kitchen
In the Kitchen I am here, still. It is a favorite place, my kitchen. It is a place where I, now, realize life was most ‘real’ within...
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Pamela Shensky
- Mar 7
- 3 min
Remembering
A repost from a few years ago, 2018...a remembrance of my sister and a reminder of the suddenness of life... The fields are yellow, my...
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Pamela Shensky
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Another Good - Bye
I am a bit late on the timing of this column, but I am going with the ‘better late than never’ concept. It is just a simple column urged...
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Pamela Shensky
- Feb 12
- 2 min
French Market
I wish I could remember more about her, like her name. Was she a mother, what kind of house did she live in, how old was she? But I...
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Pamela Shensky
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Pledge and a Winter Day
Today is that day, that day that reminds me of my mom and our house. While folding towels and jeans in my laundry room, I think about her...
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Pamela Shensky
- Jan 29
- 3 min
Winter Scape
In these late days of January, days after the killing freeze, I wait for the sun and sneak outside for a bit to see what winter has left....
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Pamela Shensky
- Jan 27
- 3 min
Real Gardens
Just something I found in some old files that I thought was worth reposting....the gardens of Mrs. Viator, a neighbor, and Joey and...
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Pamela Shensky
- Jan 1
- 3 min
Just "Keeping"
My Sunday Column if you care to read...dailyiberian.net Just “Keeping” I suppose the icy weather last week has put me in some sort of...
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Pamela Shensky
- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
Journals and Letters...2023?
I am sure I have mentioned, at some time or another, how long I have lived in this house, nearly 38 years. I write this that you may...
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Pamela Shensky
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
A Wish
I want to go to that place where the earth is shared with small animals, a place where the trees, and the meadows are left to grow, a...
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