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Dec 19 Good Morning Sunshine!
“Every day, God brings up the sun so we feel warmth, circulates the air so we can breathe, brings rain so that we have water to drink and in return asks us essentially for just two things: First, a little gratitude, and second to spread the love.”—Clark Warner, Marsh...
A Good Day to Be Here
This morning it was 37 when we got on our bikes to ride out the road, but it was so beautiful-- all sunshine and blue and green- the rain of the last few days has made the whole world leafy, and it smells like new cut grass, wood smoke, and at the hooligan pits at 4...
Ray Menaker’s Eulogy
Gershon introduced me as Haines' Eulogist Laureate at Ray's memorial, and I actually kind of like the title. That Ray Menaker and John Schnabel died within a few months of each other, and that they were sort of the Yin and Yang of modern Haines, and that they spent...
Sunday’s Thought
"Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough."- Garrison Keillor "One sweet thing about being a Catholic is that you can politely ask for forgiveness, and be granted forgiveness...but the crucial part of the sacrament that we don't...
Death, Taxes, and About Medium
Here's an idea for a new book, or a TV show-- Death and Taxes, about an obituary writer and an accountant. (I haven't gotten farther than the title...) It came to me at the grocery store yesterday when I saw Greg, an accountant friend, and I asked if he was enjoying...
Artful Thinking
I should apologize, I am so wiggy that I have not been able to stop by here this week. It's spring affected disorder and there are too many stories in my head at once to make sense of anything. The bear mauling that made national news took up a few days of chasing...
Sunday’s Thought
"Most of us walk a winding path. Such is God's world; such is God's truth. Accept this. There is no need to resign ourselves to despair. Relish this rich life! Find the grace and beauty around every crooked corner."-- Jonathan Erdman