Stumbling Toward the Divine
"Ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything–that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen
I have avoided this post for as long as I can. I’ve avoided it because I simply did not know what to say. The horror is so fresh, so complete, that it literally takes OUR collective breath away. At least, I hope it does. It is one thing to read about the death of another …
Wow. Just wow. We are now entering our third month in this government-mandated but self-imposed isolation experiment. We have learned new terms. Instead of “chilling and Netflix” we are social distancing and sheltering at home. I call it an experiment because nothing like this has been tried before in the history of the modern world. …
Retirement. That single word conjures up a multitude of images for most of us. It may be golfing, gardening, traveling, or simply having more time to spend with family and friends, but whatever it is, we’ve convinced ourselves that once we are retired, we will be able to be more fully ourselves, more the person …
One of the things I love to do with my dehydrator is to make various treats for my pug. She loves to eat and we love to feed her. Unfortunately, this is a bad combination since pugs are notoriously prone to putting on weight and a fat pug is generally an unhealthy pug. In order …
I went to Walmart yesterday–a place I usually avoid if at all possible. I have nothing personal against Walmart, it’s just that I go there so seldom that I can never easily find anything in there when I do go, so I end up wandering the aisles, looking for whatever it is I happen to …
I have had the great good fortune to have made many close friends over the years. Because I have worked full time my entire adult life, the majority of my friends have been made in the workplace. While time, circumstances, and geography have separated us over the years and there have been long spans of …
Do you remember the story of Pollyanna? The little girl who played the Glad Game? She always managed to find something to be glad about in any given situation. That has always been me. I can usually find some reason to find the good in any situation, some reason to look on the bright side. …
Welcome to my blog…..this has been a labor of love, for the most part, but not without a great deal of frustration as well. Who knew that starting a blog was so difficult?? Well, probably a lot of people! But I read a few online forums that referenced how to start a blog in 5 …
