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Sunday’s Thought (Or Monday’s)
“I believe that our friends among the dead really do mind us and look out for us. Often there might be a big boulder of misery over your path about to fall on you, but your friends among the dead hold it back until you have passed by.” – John O’Donohue I have been in...
Weds. Postcard
I did the country show on KHNS again today. It was the first time in a while that I've been free to do it. I filled in for my brother-in-law Norm who is on a sunny beach with my sister. I figured I'd send them-- and you-- a postcard from paradise. I did share a joke...
Happy Winter Storm Warning Monday
1/10/22 Of course this is the week I have decided to be at my desk every morning and it has begun with a continued winter storm warning for more heavy snow, and that means snow management (raking roofs, shoveling paths, raking roofs, shoveling.. repeat)-- The pool is...
Sunday’s Thought
It is Epiphany, finally. Don't you think there is a cosmic, even divine message in the sunset on Jan. 6? I just sat and stared. Today it's back to the freezing snowpocolypse and I'm trying not to be too alarmed by the fine snow blowing through my bathroom window, or...
Just Another Miracle
This morning I listened to Nanci Griffiths singing as I pedaled to nowhere on my bike up on the stair landing."It's just another morning here," she sings, "...and it's a miracle that it comes around every day of the year." When I headed to the fridge for cream for my...
Farewell to Papa Bob
I like this picture of my dad a lot -- taken a few years back now-- it shows Papa Bob with a lot of us-- and he's in great form. He was in pretty good form Christmas Eve, too. He'd showered and shaved, put on clean jeans and a red Christmas sweater. He mixed a Bloody...
Wintering
“We need friends who wince along with our pain, who tolerate our gloom, and who allow us to be weak for a while, while we’re finding our feet again." – Katherine May, Wintering. I like the idea of Hygge, but I am not that good at drinking coffee and eating cake all...