More blessings in my process...
It's been awhile since I last shared my process of emerging into a new life without Jim: Both grieving and healing continue, and I'm...
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ELKE SPEAKS
Elke Siller Macartney
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
Count the hidden blessings
It's easy these days, to count the curses. The curses, the darkness, the shutdowns, and shutouts… The millions upon millions of lives...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Sep 12, 2020
- 6 min
Unexpected: Living with the effects of (personal and global) grief
A few days ago I attended a drop-in online grief support group. I liked the feeling of this particular group; they were a bit further...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
Good bye to Jim. A new day dawns.
Let me get right to the sad news: My love, and long-time husband Jim Macartney, is flying free. He died at 12:20 AM, August 1, suddenly,...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
Calls for Compassion, and Acts of Courage
The Situation--This is what I call the current pandemic crisis, as well as the swell of protests and calls for fundamental human rights,...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- May 17, 2020
- 2 min
COVID-19 POEM: THE LONGEST WINTER
This is the longest winter, even though the world is heated up. Even though the fire is building in our souls and in our minds, it is...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Feb 26, 2020
- 4 min
Meet Me Where I Am…
This was written 2 weeks ago. I thought I would share this now, from my heart to yours. Limbo is not a place where one can settle down or...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Jan 21, 2020
- 1 min
Note to Self, Re: Texting is Fraught…
Life notes to self (and friends): Texting, while a convenient way to communicate, can be misconstrued, misunderstood, and fraught with...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Oct 26, 2019
- 4 min
Grateful for It All
coffee, paper, mountain. After a fun conversation via text over a world series game we were both watching, a friend texted a surprising...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Sep 2, 2019
- 9 min
The Magic of Trusting Spirit – 9/1/2019 Sermon
I had such a good time sharing this sermon as a guest speaker for our local Center for Spiritual Living, Anacortes, and the congregation...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Harvest what you Sow!
Harvest what you've sown I love love love this time of year in our beautiful valley. This is such a rich time, produce-wise; The apples...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
And how did I come to see Auras?
I'm on a brief but oh so lovely seaside retreat, at a house owned by 2 longtime friends. I’m currently by myself, but the first night...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Jul 25, 2019
- 3 min
THE PRAY-ER AND HIS PRAYER
I come upon all sorts of sightings while I walk the forestlands near my home: usually birds, interesting plants, animals, or the...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Jun 13, 2019
- 2 min
Noticing...
Besides good exercise and fresh air, there is a reason I love to walk almost everyday: No matter how fast or slow I walk, I notice things...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- May 6, 2019
- 2 min
Low Tide
Today, as I approached my office, I saw that the tide was very low. It had been a morning of busy thoughts and doings—I had not given...
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