If you’re happy and you know it . . .

If you’re happy and you know it . . .

As I write on this American day of Thanksgiving, I’m painfully conscious of the irony of this holiday, this Holy Day! We spend massive amounts of money to celebrate it, for travel, for food, for decorations. It’s a time of family gatherings, joyous reunions, happy...
Our best life

Our best life

It’s what we do. For vehicle repair beyond our ability, we search out a mechanic who is knowledgeable, honest, reliable. Similarly, for home plumbing repairs, we want trained and bonded plumbers. For any surgery we might need, we ask around to find the best surgeon to...
Somebody get a mirror!

Somebody get a mirror!

I’m a reader. I love to read! I always have three or four books I’m reading at a time, plus another several that are piled up waiting for a loving hand to reach out and take them down from the shelf (or pick them up off the floor). Some reading is light, easy, quick....
Mistaken Identity

Mistaken Identity

It’s a phenomenon newcomer – screen/non-screen persons. When communicating exclusively via screen, in our minds we ‘create’ these on-screen images as flesh and blood individuals. After weeks/months/years of these gatherings, that image is clear (to us), though...
The Birth of Wonder

The Birth of Wonder

I invite you to invest a few minutes of your day, basking in the following songs on this Christmas, Day 6:  Gather Round, Ye Children Come Away in a Manger Mary giving birth to Jesus was a wholly natural event – painful, long, complicated, messy, exhausting – and yet...