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Dec 27 Under the Covers (And the Weather.)
“My kind of singing isn’t meant to be perfect. It’s meant to reflect the imperfections of a human being like me.” ― Willie Nelson, It's a Long Story: My Life. For Christmas my daughter gave me a jar of her home made fire cider (it cures everything) and the next day I...
Sunday’s Thought
A healthy society is one "in which people who orient around religion differently can disagree on some fundamental things and work together on other fundamental things...how do you have a society in which people who disagree on where to draw the line in the Middle East...
Anger is Poison, Revisited
I have been thinking about this line I shared with you from Garrison Keillor a few months back-- and how it resonates so well with both local and national politics right now: "Anger is poison. Meet hostility with courtesy. Don't spit into the wind. We've got to live...
Compassion and Song
This morning I had a note from a reader who recalled a poem I'd shared a while ago about kindness and empathy, that she knew ended with the word "bone", and how she needed to hear it again, but couldn't find it, and did I know what it was? Yes. It is Miller...
Let it Snow…
Of course all anyone is talking about is the snow-- about a foot at our house-- and how could it have been such a surprise? My friend Leigh said she looked out the window and dropped her morning glass of water right on the floor. Even my very organized neighbor has...
Sunday’s Thought
From "Angels", a poem by Mary Oliver: "I don't care how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. It's enough to know that for some people they exist, and that they dance." This weekend we celebrated two birthdays in our family, my grandson baby James, and my fourth...
Some Things to Know (& A Good Read.)
It was 28 degrees this morning. Which means I have to put the garden to bed. Now. Luckily it's so beautiful out that this is hardly a chore. Especially when I recall all those Octobers when I did this in the cold rain. Speaking of cold and windy weather, it appears...