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June 17, 2013 by Danielle Harris
A few days ago, Dagne watched a duckling hatch. All night it labored to emerge from the egg, worrying at …
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Tags: children, Christianity, Dagne, Emily Dickinson, Family, God, Home, Jesus, lifestyle, marriage, Mother, Mothers, parent, parenting, Paul, Philosophy, prayer, Religion and Spirituality, simplicity, simplifying, the simple life, Thought, write, writer, writing
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June 6, 2013 by Danielle Harris
This past weekend, I lazily enjoyed a re-watching of You’ve Got Mail. After Kathleen Kelly and her boyfriend break up, …
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Tags: Bend Oregon, character, life, lifestyle, Metro Areas, move, moving, New York, New York City, New York City Metro, novel, plot, possessions, simple, simple life, simplicity; spiritual simplicity, simplifying, structure, Taxicab, the simple life, United States, write, writer, writing
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May 29, 2013 by Danielle Harris
Simplicity is standing in the driveway, holding Paul’s hand, waving as Elsa drives away on her own to hang out …
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Tags: parenting, God, marriage, children, Family, parent, life, Birth order, Barbie, Greta Garbo, Girl, Woman, Sibling, seasons of life, parents, existence, parents and children, empty nest
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May 14, 2013 by Danielle Harris
Can there not be a government in which the majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience? — …
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Tags: Civil disobedience, conservatives, cultural disobedience, democrats, fear, God, government, Henry David Thoreau, iPhone, Law, liberals, love, McDonald, political controversy, politics, protest, protesting, religious right, Republicans, United States
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May 7, 2013 by Danielle Harris
The Epicurean way of life is to see pleasure as the greatest good, but divides from hedonism by promoting a …
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Tags: C.S. Lewis, Ecclesiastes, Epicureanism, Epicurus, God, happiness, Jesu, life, life story, lifestyle, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality, simplicity, the key to happiness, the simple life, Thomas Wolfe
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May 4, 2013 by Danielle Harris
“It’s a book that says the same thing almost all the other books in the world say,” continued the old …
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April 29, 2013 by Danielle Harris
Last night, I kicked my eleven year old daughter out of the office she had converted into her room, making …
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Tags: Attention, boundaries, Bullying, Family, family interruptions, God, Interrupt, knowing yourself, marriage, parent, Question, self-actualization, setting boundaries, simplicity, the simple life, Thought, work, working