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Sunday’s Thought(s) Let it Snow…
My favorite Christmas book is actually a long poem by Dylan Thomas, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, A Child’s Christmas in Wales. And with all this snow, and a houseful of children who will remember a snowy Christmas like this one for the rest of their lives, I...
Good News, a Cat, 3 Wise Things, A lot of Love and a big Loss.
Strange how a phone call can change your day/ Take you away/Away/From the feeling of being alone/Bless the telephone. - Lyrics from "Bless the Telephone" by Labi Siffre. Before I forget, I want to share with you some good news about government and US-Canada...
Sunday’s Thought from John O’Donohue
"When you give in to helplessness you collude with despair."- John O'Donohue I read from John O'Donohue's To Bless the Space Between Us daily. It's in a stack of prayer, poetry and essay books in the window seat where I begin my day with coffee and wise, comforting...
Dear Valentine, With Love
“Sometimes love looks like small things” -Tracy K. Smith “If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong.” St. Paul (1 Corinthians 13:1-13 NRSV.) Kindness is the greatest endangered thing. And here you are, existing, your...
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...