

Begin again
Every time I turn the calendar to a new month, I have an eager sensation of starting anew. It's not my first June but it's a new June, a...


Help wanted. Inquire within.
For Memorial Day, I am taking a holiday, so I went back and adapted an email from 10/1/2018, as apt now as ever: From time to time, we...


Keep on keeping on
I got a couple of emails this week that troubled me. Since I profess to aspire to help people live with compassion for themselves and...


Don't be discouraged
I felt a little discouraged this past week. I suppose a lot of us did. We haven't had strong national leadership on the pandemic, various...


Slow down
I don't know about you but, for me, the unintended consequences of the pandemic are mixed. On the one hand, I've had the time to devote...


Feeling? Alright.
There is so much going on. Good news, bad news. Crazy news, depressing news. So much news. It is heartening to see the internet do its...


Seeing the invisible
For the last two and a half weeks, I've been trying to get a picture of a red-headed woodpecker who has been visiting my birdfeeder. He's...


To every thing there is a season
I'll admit it: this week got me. And I have nothing to complain about. So far, I've been healthy, as have my family and friends. I've got...


The same old new normal
The news is grim, so far. The deaths: almost 70,000 worldwide. The infections: 1.27 million. Unemployment claims in the U.S. alone: 3.7...


The closest you can come for now
When peace is unattainable, strive for balance; it's the closest you can come for now.