Why do you think we are here on earth

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.” – St. Thomas Aqunias

This is part of the prayer that came up on my phone this morning and it brought to mind other deep ponderings: why are we human beings here on Earth and why we, my husband and I, love living in this tiny Colorado mountain village – the most remote county in the lower 48 states, why do I write…

Early this morning, where I am comfortable talking about God, I asked this question in my writing community: https://awritingroom.com/

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Why Are We Here…What Do You Know For Sure

Ram Dass often said, “We’re all just walking each other home.” At the heart of his teachings is the reminder that connection – with another soul, with your own heart, with presence – is what dissolves fear, loneliness, and the illusion of separateness.

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Valentine’s Day ~ Puppies ~ Snow

Living A Love Story:

It’s good to laugh: Calculators make great romantic partners

You can count on them

Bliss 2/14/25

Last year the border collie

breeder sent these pictures

of our fur babies to be

Faith 2/14/25

(https://notes.julie-stephens.com/2025/05/10/life-is-bittersweet/)

Bliss & Faith today

Since we can’t go for an evening walk

in the winter we play fetch.

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What’s Good Going On

Life is quite the trip…I finally got a blog post out after 6 months because the last 6 months had been too sad…we can’t compare our journey to anyone else’s but there is grace, smiles, beauty in nature, accomplishments with our work and meaningful connections to make with people and canine companions!

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the shortest day and darkest night

Winter Solace

The enchanted moment, where the ice crystals sparkle in the early morning sunlight, can’t be captured in a photograph and the peacefulness is just as breathtaking. The world is too noisy and busy and moments like this are magical.

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What’s Going on with Me…

Our school…current inspirational message…

One of the many things I enjoy about where we live are the easy access

to different places to walk, picnic, have a spur of the moment adventure!

At every turn is a postcard pretty view…

VERY unusual – a fire in the fireplace June 13.

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Life’s Little Moments

Life since I last posted in April:

We set up the piano in our sunroom for my husband. Our home is small and there’s not a better place – so we have to wait for ‘warmish’ temperatures.

Originally this space was an uncovered deck.

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What Makes You Happy

My sweet husband did this when he and Hope (border collie) went on an early walk and I saw it later walking with Hope and Joy (sheltie) – it just makes me smile – makes my heart smile – a love note in the snow – takes a moment – means so much…

Our son texted asking if we wanted to zoom…so thoughtful.

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Mountain Magic

Rainbow Clouds

Nature almost always plays a part in a really good day for me. This morning’s walk on our nature trail included a rainbow cloud. It is a fairly rare phenomenon. It’s a little miracle to me that I was in the right place at the right time to get to see this.

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Measuring Success

In graduate school, I had a professor who, for whatever reason, didn’t want to give me an ‘A’. I was three points away from my ‘A’. I KNEW what was coming – and I was correct:

“Professor, you said that if we came to every class and always participated that we would get extra credit.”

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