Happy Labor Day
This Labor Day Weekend, I'm celebrating persistence and endurance as we make it through a second season of this Worldwide Pandemic. I continue to offer affirmations and prayers for better [...]
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Sep, 2020
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Aug, 2020
Beach Reads Without the Beach
Last night I finished reading Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene. Things being what they are in the world, I’ve been having a bit of trouble focusing on anything [...]
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Jul, 2020
The Shoe in the Forest
Written with the prompt: a shoe falls out of the sky! Mary and Larry were hiking in the forest when quite unexpectedly a shoe fell out of the sky, crashed [...]
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Jul, 2020
Fall On Your Knees, a book review
Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald is a larger than life story, a convoluted tale of family secrets and lies. At least three times in the novel the action [...]
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Jul, 2020
Pray For Our Country
I had something else laid out and ready to go this week, but coming up on the Independence Day Holiday, I felt a need to say something more. When [...]
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May, 2020
Continued Sheltering, part three
Greetings! If you’re a regular reader, you know the past two weeks I’ve suggested some prayers that I’ve found helpful, and I continue to encourage everyone to write prayers and [...]
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Aug, 2019
Happy Labor Day Weekend
I hope summer has been a time of rest, relaxation and fun for you and your loved ones. I suggest we carry that spirit of renewal with us, even as [...]
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Aug, 2019
The Marine Mammal Center
Thirty-something years ago, I was hiking with friends in the Marin Headlands when we came across a cyclone fence enclosing a small yard. Inside the yard were two or three [...]
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Jul, 2019
Happy Birthday, USA
This is a re-run from the early days of this blog, but still topical and seasonal. Enjoy! I pledge allegiance to this sand and gravel road that runs between the [...]
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Jun, 2019
Summer Reading: a few cryptic reviews (no spoilers!)
Every summer I go in search of a book I can fall in love with. A book that will capture my imagination with poetic language, fascinating characters, and a compelling [...]