Category Archives: Courage

Thunder Still Rolling in the Mountains

Posted on May 10, 2015 by aamontgomery

Perhaps because they lived so close to the natural world and recognized kindred spirits and sacredness in everything around them, the words of wise Native Americans echo through the ages with the same truth they carried when they were first said. … Continue reading →

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The Fortunetellers in Our Heads

Posted on May 1, 2015 by aamontgomery

Most mornings when I get up, music is already playing in my head. Snippets of songs, a phrase that hangs with me. I can’t tell sometimes whether the song has a significance for me at that moment–my subconscious trying to … Continue reading →

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All the Blogposts I Didn’t Write

Posted on March 27, 2015 by aamontgomery

Yes, I have been spending too much eating, sleeping, dashing about, and in general thinking about, but not writing, blogposts. Guilty, guilty, guilty as charged. Here are just a few of the blogposts I didn’t write: Divine Celtic and Eastern … Continue reading →

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Birds a la Hitchcock, Ballanchine, and Boogaloo

Posted on February 20, 2015 by aamontgomery

On Wednesday I woke up and looked out our front door to find snow, ice, and swarms of birds (and I mean hundreds, not just a tweeting few) raucously flip-flapping as if they were reenacting a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s … Continue reading →

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I’d rather die standing than live on my knees . . .

Posted on January 8, 2015 by aamontgomery

“I am not afraid of retaliation. I have no kids, no wife, no car, no credit. It perhaps sounds pompous, but I prefer to die standing to living on my knees.” ~ Stephane “Charb” Charbonnier At the Paris office of Charlie … Continue reading →

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Add a Y to Your Fox

Posted on March 31, 2014 by aamontgomery

My husband Kurt and I were just finishing up a Scrabble game this weekend, and he had one letter left, a “y” which can be quite difficult to place late in game. He was about to throw in the towel and … Continue reading →

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Your time is limited . . .

Posted on January 1, 2014 by aamontgomery
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The Music of Life

Posted on December 2, 2013 by aamontgomery
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They Are Your Home

Posted on July 23, 2013 by aamontgomery

My husband and I were watching the fabulous TV show Longmire that is produced by, and appears on, the Arts & Entertainment Channel (A&E). Suffice it to say the show is about a throw-back man, a sheriff in Wyoming, who … Continue reading →

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Up to Good

Posted on April 28, 2013 by aamontgomery

When I was growing up, Mama used to say so-and-so was up to no good. Illustrating that description from my childhood was an infamous family whose last name has been lost in the haze of my faulty memory. They were … Continue reading →

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