This is about attitude…and gratitude. First, attitude: “Most of it’s attitude, you think old, you dress old, you’ll look old, you’ll act old.” The Cookie Man, Pat Augustine. My thoughts exactly. The […]
The Cookie Man
The Treasurists
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” Thornton Wilder Thornton Wilder, a favorite author, gives an example of his insight […]
A Happy Place
There is a pulse to existence, you can hear it, you can see it…if you pay attention. I was traversing the Long Beach surf when I stopped to alight on a […]
We are Love
Music photo-video included, at bottom…for the sane of heart. The news strafes me daily with blasts of horror: The latest dealt with assembling components to blast nails, screws and bolts into the […]
Sipping the Season
Monday, Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year, found me a bit down. I was very aware of the clouds, the fog, the shortness of daylight… the shortness of life. Deaths […]
Joy in Jihad Times
We don’t know where to turn these days, do we, my weary Earth co-habitants? Bombings of concerts, fusillades at workplaces, decapitations and screams at the seashore, where lovers should stroll…where children should […]
Companions and Commitments.
Can we come together on two things? Cheryl went to a Vegetarian Food Festival in Manhattan recently. Vegetarian Fests are not my cup of…beef broth. I do go on such journeys with […]
Got Gratitude? Take a Number!
“There was this soldier with his wife and young daughter. They were visibly upset.” I have a long history of wanting the things I do and say preserved…forever. I’ve sent one or […]
THIS, Is What We Do
“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” Malala Yousafzai Malala of course is the young girl who was shot in the head because […]
Thank You
Thank you for not chewing gum. “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” Meister Eckhart I saw an advisory to entrants […]
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