It is soft and quiet at my house this Christmas Eve. I found myself grateful today for this day, this Christmas Eve and for tomorrow, Christmas Day. Despite all the crappy news and usual human messiness, this is the one moment in the West where we try to be good to one another and for […]
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I realize afresh how much I have to be thankful for. Friends from out of town are coming in today. I’ve known this particular friend, Nori, from the time we were 16 and met at McDonald’s. That’s a friendship of 43 years, guys. I woke this morning full of self-doubt. Would they like my home? […]
Recently, two of my blogger buds gifted me with the Sunshine Award. Curiously, they come from different directions, one from the U.S. and one from Down Under, and the pictures of the Award differ, as do the Rules. Tremble. Neither one could explain what the Sunshine Award was for. They thought it may have something […]
I have written a lot of posts today and I’m going to load up the scales too with this one. I stopped instantly on a certain line and said a prayer that eventually went on to encompass my Winter Solstice Eve dreaming. I have never felt such Light caressing me as I have this night. […]
DP: Today is Mother’s Day in the United States. Wherever in the world you are, write your mother a letter. Dear Mom, I have a picture of you taped to my lamp on my dining room table that serves as an additional desk for my writing. Every day, I look up or over and see […]
It’s been a serious couple of weeks and I’m a fairly serious person. Time to lighten up. I believe in affirmations. It started maybe 20 years – gosh, 30?, nope, closer to 35 years ago – yikes! I sent away for a book entitled, “The Lazy Man’s Guide to Riches,” by Joe Karbo. It was […]
Chasing Rabbit Holes 