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These ponderings originally appeared one per day via MailChimp. This weekly version keeps them in one place for people who missed the daily postings. If you would like to sign up to get them daily, you can do so by filling out the Mailing List Form HERE. Polarities Light and darkness are not enemies; …
Lately, I’ve been noticing scraps. Small scraps. Tiny left-overs. Crumbs, really. I think this is happening in part because my fiber art pieces tend to be small (at least by comparison with, say, a quilt). It is beyond rare for me to use more than half a yard of fabric at any given time. In …
Those of us who were alive (and old enough to be aware) when John Kennedy was elected President, were born into a pre-space flight world. Space flight was one of Kennedy’s agendas as the nation’s executive, and his youth, verve, and drive were part of what fueled us and propelled us to the moon and …
I know I have been speaking about this for a week or so, but I am intensely curious about what I hear and see around me. We seem to be on or near a fulcrum of resolution (or panic – I think it can go either way). For some reason, the attacks on Paris have …
In light of the events of the past week (month, year, decade, century), I find myself trying to balance between a self-protective human instinct and a deeply held higher value. It is, perhaps, natural to barricade ourselves and our children in the safest place we can find, close our eyes, put our fingers in our …
Our daughter grew up as a Preacher’s Kid Squared, so she heard her father and me talk more than once at the dinner table about weddings and marriages, and from a very young age she heard us discuss the kinds of questions we asked the couples who came for pre-marital counseling: questions about values, about …
Watching the fireworks from our home on July 4th this year was a surprisingly good metaphor for what feels like the current state of our country. The first Independence Day after we moved to Denver nine years ago, I was startled and delighted and amazed to see the whole sky (well, about 230 degrees of …
In Lent – the Christian community is observing Lent at the moment – one of the tasks of the faithful is to realign themselves with G-d, with the sacred within, with the sacred in the earth, and the sacred in creatures of other species. One of the essential tasks is to realign our eyes to …