Category: Landscape and Environment
Posted on September 9, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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How the Seasons Affect our Relationship with Home
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Posted on May 1, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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May Day, Arbor Day, and Every Day – “I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree”
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Category: Holidays, Landscape and EnvironmentTags: #findinghome, arborday, earth, EarthDay, environment, landscape, mayday, motherearth, Myth, treelove, treeoflife, trees
Posted on April 22, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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This year and moving forward, what are you doing to show our Mother that you love her?
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Category: Holidays, Landscape and Environment, Meditations on LivingTags: conservation, earth, EarthDay, environment, home, Mother, motherearth, preservation, recycle, recycling, wellbeing
Posted on October 11, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Today we recognize the 574 tribes of Native Americans in the U.S. today and the millions who were here when we took their homes.
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Category: Homesickness & Nostalgia, Landscape and Environment, On the Topic of HomeTags: #findinghome, americanindians, AndrewJackson, christophercolumbus, home, IndianRemovalAct, indigenouspeoples, indigenouspeoplesday, nativeamericans, Oklahoma, oklahomahistory, trailoftears, ushistory
Posted on October 6, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Living in a city can mean continuous bombardment by noise. But leaf blowers are always jarring. Enjoying tranquility in our yards and parks is priceless. Where do YOU find serenity in nature?
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Posted on July 28, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Today is the birthday of Beatrix Potter, who reminds us that imagination can be the glue that binds us to home.
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Category: Landscape and Environment, On the Topic of Home, PlayTags: Beatrix Potter, childhood, findinghome, home, imagination, john o'donohue, landscape, Peter Rabbit, Senses, Sensory perception
Posted on May 29, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Why does one place feel like home and another place, while beautiful or lovely in many ways, does not? How is it that I don’t care much for Tuscany, when it is so well-renowned for its beauty? To put it simply (very simply), places… Continue Reading “Imprints of Home: Fragments We Carry, Wherever We Are”
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Posted on April 21, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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The landscape of our childhood is imprinted on our psyches and stored in our bodies. The places where we played will always be home.
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Posted on March 7, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Our hometown is always part of us, even when we move away, even if it no longer feels like home. It is almost part of our genetic history. We come from this family. We are part of this tribe.
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Posted on February 24, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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A new friend recently gifted me with the book, Between Silence and Light: Spirit in the Architecture of Louis I. Kahn, by John Lobell. I vaguely knew about Kahn. He is the subject of the 2003 documentary, My Architect, and he designed the Kimball… Continue Reading “Honor the Material”
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Posted on February 16, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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“Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories.” – Anne Bradstreet (Puritan Colonialist, poet, mother of eight, (1612-1672) When I was growing up, kids were allowed to play outside unsupervised. In fact, it was the norm. Even the expectation. No questions asked.… Continue Reading “Winter Memories and Home”
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Category: featured, Landscape and Environment, On the Topic of Home, PlayTags: Chicago blizzard, Chicago blizzard '79, findinghome, home, snow, snow memories, snowplay, winter
Posted on October 13, 2020
by Jan Peppler
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