ABOUT FACE
“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.” Desiderius Erasmus “I never forget a face. But in your case, I’d…
SILLY LOVE SONGS
Today is the ten-year anniversary of my Mom’s sudden passing. I’m feeling blue, tired before I even begin. The day she died, Friday the 13th, I was preparing for my weekly Saturday night service, which that year was going to…
TRULY WEIRD
“This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.” — David Lynch Last week, a friend of mine said that she was trying to go about her usual daily business and found that she was just feeling weird,…
ON THE BALL
I know I’ve told you that I walk shelter dogs twice a month at Animal Humane New Mexico. I’ve been doing it since last fall, and I love it. They have a nice campus with meandering paths and sniffable shrubs,…
THIS IS IT
Travis and I seriously needed something soothing and pretty to watch before bed this week, so we started a nature show — The Secret Lives of Animals, narrated by Hugh Bonneville, on Apple TV. I was scrolling through our queues,…
SIMPLY PUT
“The time is always right to do what is right.” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Monday, January 20,…
ICE BREAKER
“For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder.” - Lennon/McCartney This line from the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” makes me misty every time, especially when I sing it out loud.…
ON THE BRINK
“Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon’s verge.” ~ Lord Byron Life is always on the brink, always becoming, forever tumbling into everything next. Of course, this isn’t any more true at…
