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. Persistence My heirloom cherry tomato plant has finally …
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, contact me HERE. Spreading Happiness This morning we leave Maine on our way (by car) to St Paul, …
Someone recently remarked – with what sounded like a good deal of irritation – that the little slips of paper in fortune cookies are no longer fortunes, they are aphorisms. Personally, I hadn’t noticed because I am still carrying the fortune (not aphorism) I received five years ago that promises, ‘You will receive some prestigious …
For those of you whose vocation does not include long periods away from a specific location you call home, you may not have had the opportunity to experience the rather remarkable ability you have to create ‘home’ in unfamiliar surroundings. In fact, to create it so effectively that after a few days in a formerly …
During my silent retreat — while I am disconnected from the internet — I have chosen three blogs from the past year to adapt and pre-post. This one is updated from the final Wednesday Reflection in Beltane (late July 2014). It is equally valid as a reflection during the liminal time passing from Lughnasadh into …
Question: Have you ever (even once) started the day bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (as one of my grandmothers used to say), with a neatly organized to-do list, spent the next eight or nine hours moving steadily from task to task only to reach the end of the day without having crossed one thing off the list? …
Who do you think you are? Seriously. How do you describe yourself? How would you describe yourself if you were as close to totally honest as it is possible for a person to be? Really. And one of my favorite questions, What would you attempt to do if you knew you couldn’t fail? [ As …