Life Vignettes: how precious they are.
Vignettes: I love observing them, always have. And yesterday’s vignettes were both comforting and poignant. They reminded me—for the...
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ELKE SPEAKS
Elke Siller Macartney
- Aug 3, 2017
- 3 min
Going with the flow...seriously? that works?
I have a feeling that you might have feelings about the phrase: Go with the flow. Maybe you smile a little, and say "Ja mon. I'm with...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Jul 12, 2017
- 2 min
Grateful for everything and the kitchen sink
Yea, its a picture of a kitchen sink full of dishes. This is not a demonstration of how I wash dishes, but it is a picture of my...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Jun 5, 2017
- 3 min
Take a breath, and now another one....
Newsflash: Elke is tired. Not sick and tired of something or of life. Not deadly tired. Just plain ol' tired; the wake up tired, fall...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- May 26, 2017
- 2 min
Keep the faith
Right now, even in the midst of tumultuous times, miracles continue to happen. Babies are born. Lives are saved. Kindness erupts in the...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- May 18, 2017
- 3 min
Time to roll out a new welcome mat. Well, almost...
For those of you following my adventures, I won't keep you in suspense: We found a new home and move in at the end of June. Feel free to...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- May 9, 2017
- 2 min
Comparing fishbowls, or creating what you want?
While in this massive transition of creating a new home and office, I have used pretty much all the tools in my spiritual toolkit,...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Apr 18, 2017
- 2 min
When stepping back is moving forward
It's a fascinating time to be alive. Well now, that's a rather charitable thing to say, isn't it? War and despair and confusion seems to...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Apr 8, 2017
- 2 min
Didn't know how much I loved this place, til I had to let go.
Yea, that sounds like a popular song. Yet its true. I thought I had it all figured out: this move to a new life needed to be put on hold...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Apr 6, 2017
- 3 min
Scenes from a Hot Shop
Recently, the exhaustion and stress of looking for a new home prompted me to choose an option I have turned to when everything is...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Mar 19, 2017
- 3 min
"Am I good enough?" and other self judgments
I travel twice a week to a nursing home an hour away to visit and work with an incredible human being. Though she is confined to a bed,...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Mar 10, 2017
- 2 min
Me, Pandora and upping the attitude
People often give me the following compliment: "Elke, I trust you because you are real/authentic/always yourself." I love that, yet I...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Feb 19, 2017
- 4 min
Upon pulling off yet another miracle
A picture of places past. Where will these feet land next? The email notice came the day before Valentine’s day, in between the Zumba...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Feb 4, 2017
- 3 min
Love your body.
Some of you know that I dance—a lot. Besides teaching 6 Zumba Gold classes a week, I dance whenever and wherever I can—which is pretty...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Jan 25, 2017
- 1 min
Look for the good, and expand on it
Words are getting snarlier these days, pitting friend against friend, family members against each other, and political party...
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Elke Siller Macartney
- Jan 8, 2017
- 2 min