Category Archives: Peacefulness

Addie’s Journal – Chapter 2

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Mary Jo Doig

Flower, the adoption counselor, had emailed the evening before Polly and I visited the shelter, a note that well-prepared me for the visit. I’ll bring some boiled chicken for you to give her and I’ll have a little stool in … Continue reading →

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April the second

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Mary Jo Doig

I wake slowly into this Sunday morning and lay still, thinking of earlier years on April the second. This is the day my former in-laws married nearly a century ago. I think of all the ways their union interfaced with … Continue reading →

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Little Punkins

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Mary Jo Doig

Although I’ve been making quilt squares in my spare time during the past year, on the winter evenings when dark arrives early, my perennial urge to knit returns once again. This inner prompting reminds me of the Catskill Mountain days in late winter … Continue reading →

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A Sliver of Light

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Mary Jo Doig

Following this debilitating post-election week, I found myself aching for solitude and solace. The autumn day is sunny and bright, with few white clouds slowly drifting across the pale blue sky. Below, sun rays brighten the dwindling yellow, orange, and … Continue reading →

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Gratitude

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Mary Jo Doig

Gratitude For time to cherish a lovely autumn day on a country road with a good dog, equally as appreciative.

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A Sweet Bovina Story – Maple Syrup

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Mary Jo Doig

A long-time friend from Bovina, NY recently brought me a treasure of a gift: pure locally made maple syrup. As I gathered my maple syrup thoughts this morning, I realized how little I know about its origins, so engaged on … Continue reading →

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Ordinary Grace

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Mary Jo Doig

This afternoon I read Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger, a book that took me to a small town, New Bremen, Minnesota in 1961, where complex tragedy strikes a small family and ripples through the community in astonishing ways. Krueger … Continue reading →

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The Circles of Mary Sullivan, r.c.

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Mary Jo Doig

I’ve been knitting another child’s hat for the Carol’s Coats project for next Christmas. As I dug around in my metal tin of knitting supplies—needles, markers, crochet hooks, small scissors, cable stitch holders, a tangerine-sized magnifier, pom-pom makers—looking for something, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Community, Compassion, Friendship, Gifts, Gratitude, Knitting, Mystery, Peacefulness, Simplicity | 4 Comments

A Small Quilt with a Big Life Lesson

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Mary Jo Doig

Remember the days of balancing: raising young children, holding a full-time job, laundry, meals, and the myriad of other responsibilities we juggled and somehow it all worked out? Today I was gazing at the small wall hanging I made decades … Continue reading →

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A Mystical Birth Day Gift

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Mary Jo Doig

In the early morning hours of my recent birth day, I woke embraced in total darkness and thought of my mother exactly 74 years earlier. I knew her labor was prolonged and so I knew now, at 3am, she and … Continue reading →