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Advent Thought(s) for Dec 7 (& 6) Snowing Kindness
“Seeing the goodness in someone does not imply ignoring their difficult qualities or unskillful actions. Rather we can fully acknowledge these difficulties while at the same time we choose to focus on the positive.”—Sharon Salzberg in Loving Kindness And, I...
Sunday’s Thought
And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. --- Micah 6:8
Another Good Reason to Swim
It rained, it seemed for nearly all of January. Finally, on Wedsnesday night the wind tugged the clouds apart revealing a slice of the moon and a star. I was listening to the radio, Tom and Britt were doing the folk show With Strings Attached, and talking away about...
Sunday’s Thought
“The universe is transformation.” ― Louise Erdrich
Happy Baby to Corpse Pose
It's been a week since the kids who don't live here left, and since the house became noticeably quieter, though I actually think it is less clean. I am not in such a hurry to wipe and sweep and tidy up between living room and kitchen cyclones. There...
We Are Family
The Aussies left Haines on Friday's ferry, spent the weekend with the Juneau sisters skiing, and flew out of Juneau Monday morning to Seattle, Doha and finally Perth where they are all asleep right now, and in the morning there, which is nightime tomorrow here, Ella's...
Sunday’s Thought
“In the external scheme of things, shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, yet such twinklings are what eternity is made of — moments when we human beings can say 'I love you,' 'I'm proud of you,' 'I forgive you,' 'I'm grateful for you.' That's what...