Sandra Dodd

I posted this in the facebook page for Just Add Light—a page Holly set up for me and that I forget to post to.
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I just noticed that this week's Just Add Light posts have been heavy on the Karen James quotes. Some were recent things she wrote that were especially good; some had randomly arisen from here or there.

Karen's writing and photos both are inspiring, so a clump of lots of it won't hurt anybody. :-)

Here's something beautiful—Karen's words, Hema's photo:

https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2018/08/rich-and-full.html
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More, for Always Learning:

While I do try to mix it up, on that blog, and not have the same topic twice in a short time, or the same photographer or writer (unless it’s me; it started off being all my quotes and photos), I lapsed, and when I looked back…. Karen James EVERYWHERE! :-)

I don’t mind.  
The reason I wanted to bring it up here is because of something she wrote a couple of weeks ago about writing, that I still mean to be here.  I keep getting busy with other things, so when I do bring that and make a big deal about Karen’s awareness and abilities, *I KNOW*, I know, it’s Karen James season. :-)

Also, looking back through some chat transcripts I saw names of people who used to write lots, regularly, beautifully, who have fallen away to other things in their lives, in peaceful, good ways.  I miss their voices, when they’re gone, though.  That’s a personal problem. :-)  I’m glad to have things still on my site, in the chats that have been saved.

I haven’t run a chat for nearly two years.  It became a frustration to me.  Sometimes hardly anyone showed up, but I always did.  It was like the feelings when the kids and I finally decided not to host the unschooling park days that had grown out of a park day before we were unschooling.  It used to have two host families, and one wandered off.  It used to have ten strong regulars, and eventually it was more trouble for us than it was benefit to others.  So for those who most loved the chats, I wantered off, too.

But appreciate the voices of those who have come and shared thoughtfully and generously, whether they’ve stayed long, burned brightly for a short while, or stayed steadily in the background.

THANK YOU, Karen, and others who have shared.

This isn’t a perfect collection, but it’s a collection:

http://sandradodd.com/othervoices.html

Sandra