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Sunday’s Thought
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. ― Ferris Bueller There is a committee concerned about traffic on the trail. The speed limit is 10 mph for 4-wheelers and bicycles. Walkers and dogs have the right of...
Wednesday’s Thought(s)
It's cold ( -1 and blowing a gale.) The wind sounds like distant thunder and the dogs don't like that, or the squeak coming from a wire or maybe a gate hinge so they woke me up at five, and I fed them and let them out, and visited with Chip while he did sit-ups in the...
Sunday’s Thought
O ye frost and cold, bless ye the Lord; O ye ice and snow, bless ye the Lord; O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord. - From a Song of Creation, The Book of Common Prayer
Haiku and Woo Woo
I'm just back from the dentist and a bit wobbly, so forgive me. The good news is that I don't have Covid. No, I wasn't worried. I'm not sick, but they give you a test at the dental clinic and it is nice to know. I have been sleeping badly, in part because of my now...
Sunday’s Thought
"...we step out of the shade aflame and unafraid, the new dawn blooms as we free it, for there is always light if only we are brave enough to see it, if only we are brave enough to be it." -- From Amanda Gorman's poem, The Hill We Climb.
Hope and Laughter
"... we found the power to author a new chapter To hope and laugh..."-- Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman Papa Bob rose early to catch the inauguration events. The wreath laying at Arlington was the most moving for him. "This is good to do," he said. "It's...
Sunday’s Thought
From Howard Zinn-- “TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will...