Lifelong Learning
I have always said that the day I don’t have any interest in learning something new is the day I need to depart this earth. I love learning new things. I’m an avid reader and reading is a wonderful way to see […]
New Year, New Word
Last year I jumped on the “Word of the Year” bandwagon with the word INTENTIONAL and I liked it. (Read about it here: click here to follow.) It didn’t change my life in a dramatic way but it saw me through a […]
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Merry Christmas to all of you, and a Happy New Year! I’m taking off this week and next for the holidays, but will return January 3rd, 2019 with a new post to start the year off! My love and best wishes to […]
Your One Wild and Precious Life
Do you like to read poetry? I discovered Mary Oliver several years ago and bought one of her books–New and Selected Poems, Volume One–which has a superb poem in it called The Summer Day. The question she poses at the end of […]
In the Presence of Our Fathers
In the presence of our fathers, we grow to be strong. We learn discipline. Integrity. In the presence of our fathers, we begin to set the course of our character and live in the freedom that the safety of his protection provides. […]
Shine Your Light
Photo by Paolo Nicolello on Unsplash There was a laundry room in our dorm when I was in college. One day as I was doing laundry, I went to put my clothes in the dryer but it was occupied by someone […]
Living the OOF Life
The OOF life. According to my grandson, that’s what you get after you’ve been slammed around a bit by life. It’s in direct opposition to the YAY life which is when things are all going well. In Physics we […]
The Wall Around Your Heart–Post #1
I wanted to share with you again where I started from. This was my first post over a year ago. Thanks for hanging in there with me! We’re all born totally dependent. As we grow, people who love us help […]
That Which Does Not Kill You…
In 1969, when I was entering the eighth grade, I changed schools from Immaculate Conception–the Catholic school I had attended since first grade–to the public middle school in town. It was up on Main Street about three and a half blocks from […]
A Slower Pace
This is a picture of a section of Main Street–my section of Main Street– in the town where I grew up. Walnut Street connected with Main Street right across from Thomas Drugs. From our house we could walk four blocks […]
