This past week or so I’ve found I’ve had nothing significant to say. I had plenty on my mind but there was nothing to deliver. Sometimes, when you begin blogging you feel you must always produce something and that you must do so on a regular basis. But I’ve had no words lately. It felt … Continue reading
Today, before heading out for a hike, I had a conversation with my Mom. Her parting words were, “I don’t like when you hike alone. Please make sure you are prepared.” “Don’t worry, Mom,” I said. “I’ll be okay. I’ve got some pepper spray in the car.” But as I huff and puff up this … Continue reading
“Today I am willing for healing to take place in ruptured relationships. I have been doing the best that I can. My acknowledgment that I may have hurt someone else in no way disparages me. I have also been hurt, and I extend the same understanding to myself that I do to others. We have … Continue reading
As sometimes happens, my head was full of haphazard clutter today. When I get that way, I often seek something mindless to do to escape my thoughts, but the opposite usually occurs in the process. While engaging in some meditative activity–like cutting back a half-dead tomato patch–my mind is free to work out the mental … Continue reading
Sometimes I feel a bit like Moses coming down from the mountain. On a day when I expect nothing much, I will hike up a mountain and hours later will come down with a collection of words that seem to have been given to me. Today as I hike, taking in the awesome beauty of … Continue reading
I recommend changing your residence frequently if for one reason only… to interrupt the influx of junk mail that like a pack of wild hounds follows you wherever you go. I’ve been in California almost a full year and so far I’ve shaken them. I guess New York to California was a big enough jump … Continue reading
