A Beautiful View The Juniper tree had stood in the stony ground on the rim of the Grand Canyon for many, many years. There were times no matter what the weather or what the day looked like the Juniper would think back to when it was a small sapling; when the...
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Always Fearless In today’s religious world, spiritual warfare seems like something of the past; political correctness has even reached the hallowed halls of our faith. My Mother lived in a black and white world, she knew on what side she stood, who stood with her, and who was against her. I found...
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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur “Le shanah tovah tikateiv veteichateim,” Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on October 2, 2016 and is celebrated through October 4; while the holiest day of the year, for Jews everywhere, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins at sunset on October 11...
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Who Will Decide if You are Entitled to an Address? Where do you live? What is your address? Who picked north or south, Elm or Maple, Washington or Lincoln as your street address? In the non-digital world, our address is significant, playing a role in determining everything from what schools are children...
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Greece I bought this collection of postcards in 1991, on my second trip to Greece. For many years, they hung framed, in my kitchen; I am not sure why I repurposed their frame, but it may be time, at the very least, to find a new frame for them, as I am...
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Sitting By My Bedside “One sure window into a person’s soul is his reading list.” ~ Mary B. W. Tabor ~ What are you reading? Are you looking for your next great read? Here is a look at what is sitting by my bedside, and which I am pleased to recommend....
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Kate’s Bear Kate has been wanting to see a bear and a moose in the yard, in Maine. According to those in the know, there is no reason why they both should not show up one day; until then she has taken her bear, not Pooh with whom she has a true...
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Welcome Autumn In New England, autumn began announcing his impending arrival, a couple of weeks ago; almost as if Labor Day was actually the fall equinox. The first sign of fall were a few brightly colored leaves, which while beautiful, serve to remind me that the glorious hot days of...
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“Ohio Power” (Mother in the back row, and Marigold in the front, on the right hand side.) Shortly after we moved to California, when I was a child, after a brief but mostly sorrowful sojourn in Winslow, Arizona, we went to Angelus Temple, in Los Angeles, where my Father was preaching. As was...
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Your Story You have entrusted me with your story, but I do not yet know how to tell it. The hero’s and villain are clear even the plot is readily defined; yet the magnitude of your experience has left me stupefied. How can I do justice to what you have said?...
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