It is with gratitude this morning that I reflect on the experience of receiving my first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine yesterday. I am grateful, of course, that because of my […]
Holiday Prayer
Two COVID-free family members came to join our bubble for the Christmas holiday. Today we entertained ourselves by renting a boat and spending a few hours on the Butler chain of lakes, […]
Insanity?
I’ve been engaging in an activity the past few weeks that seriously has me questioning my sanity from time to time. I’ve been participating in a long distance chess game with a […]
Defining Moments
Throughout our lives there are thoughts, words, experiences that result in a moment when we say to ourselves, Aha, so that’s who I am. It might be climbing a mountain, standing at […]
Troubling
I am troubled this morning! During the past presidential campaign, I succumbed to email solicitations and made a few very small donations to the Democratic Party’s attempt to unseat Donald Trump. I […]
A Reminder
A quote from my morning reading by Albert Einstein: “A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, […]
Finding Purpose
Boy, I really don’t know where the words are going this morning. Not into a blog, for sure. Which makes me question once again my motivation for having a blog in the […]
A Future Vision
I was reading Ken Wilber’s Integral Meditation this morning, and a sentence jumped out at me. “To a large degree, we can make the future that is given to us.” That being […]
It’s All Story
Working on my Nano story this morning, actually struggling with the words like many others it seems, and it occurs to me that it’s all story. Life, that is. Life is just […]
Purpose?
Nano has really taken a back seat this year. This last week watching the election and the drama associated with that coupled with the pandemic surge striking even closer in our family, […]