Our plans for our next adventure are shaping up. As of this moment, we’ll be traveling in July and August. The month of July brings us back to Westchester for children’s concerts at summer camps and libraries . Our plan is to housesit for some friends, helping to take care of their plants while they …
It’s been awhile since I last posted on this blog. I asked an AI program to do it for me, but it said, “we cannot duplicate the complexity of your particular mind.” I think that was a nice way for the machine to tell me I’m a little cuckoo. Have you been following this AI …
I feel like everyone I know is struggling with their biases (or judging others for their biases.) It’s a jungle out there, folks, and the vines seem to grow faster than we can cut them. In my case, it feels like I have hacked my way through issues like homophobia, female oppression and systemic racism …
My oldest daughter and I have an okay relationship…now. We used to butt heads a lot, but as she nears 30, I think we have learned to be very careful around one another. It’s really good that we don’t hurt each other with our words anymore, but sometimes I think it would be better if …
When I was in my mid-thirties, I misplaced my faith. After many years of steady attendance, Beth and I stopped going to church. I became convinced that if there was a loving God, He would not let horrendously bad things happen to innocent people in this world. So, I tried on non-belief instead and called …
It’s 9:30am and I feel like I’ve already lived a lifetime in one day. More on this in a future post. In the meantime, here’s a poem Beth shared with me, today. My suggestion is that you drink this one in deeply. Like the best works of art, it feels like God whispered it into …
When I look at the Chinese yin-yang symbol, the first thing I notice is duality, the dark and the light. Next, I see how they are shaped, occupying their own space while simultaneously providing space for their opposite. Lastly, I see the dot within each that contains light within the dark and vice versa. Philosophically, …
I’m feeling a bit beleaguered due to the quick trip to and from Lancaster, PA for a funeral. In addition to the feelings that these events bring up, I was visiting the town where I went to college 40 years ago. Lots of memories, a typical mix of pleasure and pain, surfaced and then “whoooosh” …
There’s only a few reasons I would drive 3.5 hours each way for an overnight and one of them, unfortunately, is a funeral. One of Beth’s cousins was found dead in his home on April 1, so we’re driving to Lancaster, PA to say goodbye to cousin Michael. Michael came to our wedding in 1992. …
We never know what’s around the next corner, right? WRONG! Usually it’s exactly what we expect because we’ve been here before. Truthfully, most of us tread the same path day after day – toweling our bodies in the same fashion, brushing our hair the same way, and fixing our coffee the same way every friggin’ …