Message received
It’s been over two years since I’ve seen my cheerful red-headed woodpecker at my bird feeder. He’s such a striking animal – deep red...
Look out
Look out! is an urgent warning. It usually means that some harm is coming your way – right now – so you better stop navel gazing and pay...
and, and . . .
For all the times I've written about choice -- and they are many -- I neglected to emphasize the "and" in the process. When we think of...
Being part of it all
Today millions of humans will be in the shadow of a total solar eclipse and it will surely inspire awe. For a few minutes, the sun’s...
Straddling the threshold
Straddling the threshold At some point, the miraculous became mundane. Sooner or later, the novelty wore off. Whether it was falling in...
Spring honors hope
Welcome to Holy Week, that is, if you are a practicing Catholic or Protestant. As a child raised Roman Catholic, my parents always...
Real feels
Have you heard a meteorologist mention the real feel? It’s a term that accounts for all kinds of factors affecting the weather outside....
Let there be light
This is the week we spring forward in Connecticut and lose an hour of sleep but gain an hour of daylight at the end of the day. Much has...
Fear undermines progress
This week, I was thinking about this – Fear will always undermine progress. There are all kinds of reasons we feel fearful, but it...
I remain a perpetual student
This week, another post from the past, this one from fall 2022. I will never be done. With anything. There is always more to learn. Even...
