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A New Year’s Column. (Sort of)
“Oh, earth, you’re too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it - every, every minute?” –Thornton Wilder The best thing, or one of the best things, about living at 59 degrees and 14 feet North and latitude...
Sunday’s Thought(s)
"Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it." - W. Somerset Maugham Sometimes wonder sneaks up on you. Here we were, sipping coffee, nibbling...
Sweet Changeful Chatter
"Shabbat comes with its own holiness. We enter not simply a day, but an atmosphere." Abraham Joshua Heschel At a crowded Shabbat Friday night the rabbi asked us to turn to the people closest to us and share something sweet that happened this week, and...
Sunday’s Thought(s)
Now when you feel a little prayer wheel turning, and you know a little fire is burning, you will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right-- Traditional Bluegrass hymn In the interest of transparency let me make my political agenda clear: heal the sick, cherish the...
Remember to Remember
From 6:30 to 7:00 am I joined a meditation on-line with Richard Rohr’s Center for Contemplation. It began with a Mary Oliver prose poem that I had not read, Of the Empire. She wrote it in 2008 in response to the question, how will future generations remember us? It...
Lights in the Dark
"When we try to pick out anything by itself we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken- to everything in the universe." - John Muir I bought a new flashlight for my dinner date last night, since even though it was early—5:30, it...
Sunday’s Thought(s)
From Ross Gay: " Sharon Salzberg said something like ' despair is sureness.' When you feel despair, you know what's gonna happen. My intention is to feel curiosity. I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel despair...but my intention and my practice is to feel...