

Remembering
I’m struggling to remember today. I’ve never had the sort of memory that’s good with specific details of events the way some people have...


Wisdom is underrated
We live in a time when we have replaced secret wisdom with information. Those are not my words. They are Thomas Moore’s and they come...


A Blessing of Angels
If you are ever asked to give a blessing, or you would like to pray one silently to yourself for yourself (just change pronouns to "me,"...


What counts?
I just noticed something. I can’t say how long it’s been this way, but I can say that when I was young, shampoo came with instructions...


Would you be an angel?
Revisiting a post from four years ago: Has anyone ever prefaced a request to you with the phrase, "Would you be an angel and..."? Or...


Do unto . . .
You know the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you’d have others do to you. Sometimes it’s put in the negative – do not do to others what...


Banish the thief of joy
A couple conversations this week led me to ask the question, How do you compare? But, please note: the question is ambiguous by design....


Appreciating the ordinary
I am waiting for a bird. It came to my feeder in spring 2020 and late winter 2022. I haven’t seen it as late as May before, but I’m still...


Gratitude as meditation
I had just turned out my light and turned over to go to sleep after a long day. It's the time of year I love -- evening temperatures are...


We're only human
After realizing that I’d spent hours at the computer – far more than necessary – while the rain stopped raining, and the sun started...
