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...
Where is the center of the universe?
This week, I bring you a post from several years ago. Roy I. Wilson wrote in his book Medicine Wheels: "How far west can you go before...
You get to choose your role model
Last week, I searched for a picture of myself in my young 20s to meet some silly Facebook challenge. I dug up a photo from a volunteer...
Sometimes you just decide
For all the practicing, for all the studying, for all the preparation work, sometimes you just decide to do something. I certainly...
Traveling at the speed of life
I read a poem this week by Jane Hirshfield called Jasmine. Here’s how it goes – Jasmine “Almost the twenty-first century”--- how quickly...
Shoot for the middle
You know that excited, happy feeling when something’s new – new car, new love, new job, new home – it could be anything. A new book. Or...
So many ways to say thank you
I am certain that you know when to say thank you. You’re a polite person. You were raised with good manners. Someone holds the door for...