M. Linda Graham
The Necessary Art - Dance
I have never believed Dance would save the world, although I've always believed it makes the world a better place to save. But recent...
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M. Linda Graham
- Sep 15
- 1 min
The Aging Body Part 5: Whack-A-Mole
Retirement Day #1173 Addressing an aging body’s issues becomes a game of Whack-A-Mole. Last Sunday evening, as I virtuously flossed my...
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M. Linda Graham
- Jul 6
- 1 min
Retirement Day # 1102: Little Acts - Big Love
July 6, 2022 I’ve had a number of people ask how the healing was coming along. It’s going well, thanks to the little acts of big love...
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M. Linda Graham
- Jun 7
- 2 min
Retirement Day #1073: “I Have A Bone To Pick With Fate” – W. Shakespeare
I woke up particularly low this morning. My baseline emotions are fundamentally optimistic, but this morning- not so much. Like a woman...
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M. Linda Graham
- May 22
- 1 min
Retirement Day #1055
Thank you all for your kind comments regarding this photo of me with my human, Linda. My name is StarBucks – I'm a subtly beautiful 18yr...
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M. Linda Graham
- Mar 2
- 1 min
Body Reconciliation #2: It's Good To Be Sore
“The day you don’t wake up sore is the day you realize a) you didn’t live life fully the day before, or b) you woke up dead.” – J....
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M. Linda Graham
- Feb 2
- 1 min
How to Give Yourself a Mini-Dance Partay
“All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the...
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M. Linda Graham
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
Hello, Day: Training for Transitions
“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.” -John Allen Paulos November...
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M. Linda Graham
- Oct 22, 2021
- 9 min
How a Pale Horse Found Her Rider
This is the story of a horse who was ghosted and a woman who was a ghost before she died, and how they found each other in their...
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M. Linda Graham
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
Just in from Pastor Dave:
Body-knowing – Sep. 20, 2021 “In the ancient language of Wisdom, the [physical] moving center carries the “affirming force”; its natural...
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M. Linda Graham
- Aug 5, 2021
- 3 min
Wayside Miracles: The Bluebird of Happiness
Since the beginning of July, I’ve awakened every morning to the brief, bright and lively song of the Indigo Bunting. Along with the usual...
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M. Linda Graham
- Jun 27, 2021
- 3 min
Attestupa, Soylent Green & Retirement Nightmares Retirement Date #728
“Ättestupa (Scandinavian for 'kin/clan precipice') … The name supposedly denotes sites where ritual senicide took place during Nordic...
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M. Linda Graham
- Jun 23, 2021
- 1 min
Retirement Day #722: The Turnip Queen
In Fairy Tales, the Turnip represents the earthy self or symbolizes the Mother archetype / feminine principle
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M. Linda Graham
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
Undertaken with Grace and Lightness: Retirement Day #708
Yesterday I dropped off my husband’s jacket for cleaning & a new zipper. As the clerk worked out how to charge for the zipper, a Tiger...
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M. Linda Graham
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
EveryDay Dances
Several weeks ago, I was honored to be interviewed for a local podcast regarding a dancer’s perspective on the aging body. Near the end...
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M. Linda Graham
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
Letting Go of "Was" to "Be"
As part of addressing this season of reconciliation, our church asked me to offer something regarding reconciliation and the aging body -...
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M. Linda Graham
- Dec 24, 2020
- 1 min
DogGone 2020: A Retrospective by Argo & Lucca
Wishing you all a healthy, peaceful Holiday and a bright New Year: https://youtu.be/LUN_GFY7SRo
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M. Linda Graham
- Dec 16, 2020
- 5 min
To Dance the Light Fantastic: RIP Maxine DeBruyn [1937-2020]
She didn’t have to do any of it. She could have spent her life lounging on a sunny beach, eating bon-bons and gossiping over martinis...
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M. Linda Graham
- Nov 10, 2020
- 2 min
Little Summer of the Geese: Bias & Beautiful Weather
This week, West Michigan experienced blissfully gorgeous weather - warm, sunny, dry – a magical “Indian Summer.” Wait- push the pause...
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