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Sunday’s Thought
It is easier, I think, to have faith in something greater than ourselves, and to trust that this too shall pass when you live in a place that demands awe and wonder pretty much all the time - ( well, when the clouds lift anyway...) Still, this campaign season I am...
Happy Spring
Here is something that made me laugh. My brother-in-law Norm was on the radio, hosting the country show, and after a Willie Nelson tune and some other song that I think was sing-a-long-able, but I can't recall the title right now, because I was in my car, driving back...
Sunday’s Thought
From Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement... Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way That takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; Everything is incredible; Never treat life casually; To be...
Attention is Love
This is the perfect egg that I found in my jacket pocket this morning, after that jacket had gone in and out of the coop to feed and water the hens, after it had walked on the beach with four jumping dogs for an hour, after it had driven to the pool, and hung...
Tuesday’s Thought
I meant to resume my Sunday Thought's feature this week, but two of my granddaughters spent the night, and we became way too involved in playing outside in the spring snow and sunshine, and with our typewriters inside, and Betty's cat took more time to take to the vet...
Roots and Songs
Poet John Haines (and no Haines is not named after him, but that would be something, wouldn't it? An Alaskan town named after an Alaskan poet) wrote, "Good poems come from roots." So do good lives. I have been reading poems and essays in the morning instead of looking...
Happy Tuesday
Happy Tuesday, as my friend Dr. Marnie would say. I am on the self-improvement plan to prepare my heart and head (and I suppose body too) for the coming six weeks or so of final edits on my new book (or at least I hope they will be final...) I did the January no wine...