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Dec 29 Light is Particle & Wave
“Particles of raw inspiration sleet through the universe all the time. Every once in a while one of them hits a receptive mind, which then invents DNA or the flute sonata form or a way of making light bulbs wear out in half the time.” – Terry Pratchett Dec. 29 2:45...
An Afghan to Love
Yesterday, while I was setting up James' play tent and making a mess with the toys in the livingroom with him, my daughter knitted a complex patterned pair of mittens, started on some darling Christmas tree ornaments, and baked jam thumbprint cookies using her own...
All Quiet in the Nursery
It's raining, and the house smells like cinnamon (my daughter Eliza is baking granola) and the Christmas lights on the stair railing are twinkling and we are waiting for a baby. Tonight I will be at Hearthside Books here in Juneau downtown from 5-7 for the First...
Busy Busy Busy
That's what my neighbor Betty says about me sometimes-- "I know you are busy busy busy" and I always say "not really, I just have a lot going on at this moment. Friday I have nothing." Which is sort of true. I'll be sitting around waiting for my daughter to go into...
Sunday’s Thought
"So how do we feed and nourish our spirit, and the spirit of others? First, find a path, and a little light to see by. Then push up your sleeves and start helping. Every single spiritual tradition says that you must take care of the poor, or you are so doomed that not...
Gratitude
Chip and I welcomed James (2) up from his nap a half hour ago. He slept for three hours, mainly because we kept him up too late last night, and then this morning bundled him up and strolled (he walked and rode, we walked) to the playground along the frozen Twin Lakes...
Sunday’s Thought
"Reconciliation is holy work. Resistance is too. We need to watch and wait to see what God is calling us to do." — The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies.