Feb 5, 2011 | Blog
From Joan Chittister’s The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century: If Benedictine spirituality understands anything about life at all, it understands the corrosive effects of constant complaining. Complaining is the acid that shrivels our souls...Feb 4, 2011 | Blog
Last night I went to bed happy thanks to a terrific evening of funny, sweet skits (and desserts) by the high school debate drama and forensic team, the Glacier Bards, and my night table reading. I had been cleaning a bookshelf and found Anna Quindlen’s book, A...Feb 3, 2011 | Blog
I’m trying to decide which adventure I’d rather be on right now, Joanie and Sammy’s pilgrimage to Graceland, (Sammy is a special needs adult and Joanie is a caregiving friend) or my husband and Roger’s wild boar hunt in California with John....Feb 3, 2011 | Blog
Last Friday my husband and I figured we’d watch Gold Rush Alaska before the high school basketball game. We’d missed an episode, but nothing had changed. The miners were still losing 1000 dollars a day. Their equipment still didn’t work. They still...Feb 2, 2011 | Blog
With the rain in mind, here is a timely typo (and nice sentiments) from the January Presbyterian church newsletter: Keep on Living the Christmas Spirit Seasonal greetings and kindness should just be starting. See someone who needs your help, a cheerful word, a...Feb 2, 2011 | Blog
The rain is raining all a round it rains on field tree, it rains on the umbrellas here and on the ships at sea. I was thinking of Robert Louis Stevenson’s verse this morning, listening to the hard rain on the roof and wishing it were snow. It’s more than...
