It’s my pleasure to dedicate this post to Sara Healy. Sara has enough heart to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool. Well, that, and maybe the entire universe. Twice. My step-daughters gave me the glass-blown heart you see in the image above and I’m quite enamored by it. I love to feel the weight of it…
Tag Archive: why are we here?
Reflections on Spirituality, Science, and Nature
Greetings All, On the cusp of the new year, I’d like to send my heartfelt gratitude for your presence in 2010. I’ve had such rich experiences and met so many wonderful people in 2010, my heart is swelling with gratitude and love. Thank you. I am closing comments for this post, but I invite you…
A Life With Purpose
I happened across a post today that made me well up with emotion, over at that darling Caroline’s site. (If you haven’t met her yet, you really should. If you like photography that gives you goosebumps, honest writing, and jolts of inspiration, please visit this muse often — and bring flowers.) Maybe I’m just touchy-feely,…
Climb Into Your Rocket Ship
{reading time ~ 3 minutes} Listening to an interview with Philip Roth on NPR’s Fresh Air the other day, I felt struck by lightening regarding a particular comment he made. (To better frame the comment, Mr. Roth is 77-years old.) I’m paraphrasing, but he said something like this: Sure, I’m a better writer than I…
Closer to Fine
Having been recently grilled in a spicy milieu by the barbecue master Tony Single, many of his questions put me in a reflective mood. Tony is a master of the art of the interview, by the way, and I was honored to be put in the hot seat by him. He and Cassy are awesome!…
RAOKA: Family
April Theme: Family (chosen by Gayze) I moved away from home when I was seventeen years old in search of a new life and new adventures. What I found, truly, were many ‘families’ over my lifetime shape-shifting into different forms: a platoon neighbors a group of exercise instructors an open-water swim team a laboratory base…
Vacay
Hi all. Thanks for all your smileys in your comments at my Smiley post. How fun was that? Just remember, even though I’m not posting about my beliefs about commenting here, my “Smiley Policy” holds for all my posts. Sound good? I had grandiose plans to continue posting three times a week while we are…
Smiley
I’ve built this blog slowly, earnestly, and with my best intentions. My goals for my blog are few: 1) A vehicle to connect with others 2) A method to be of service to others (i.e., to make a difference for at least one person) To that end, I’m super happy about how these blog pages…
The Webs We Weave
[Photo Credit] Front Porch: A New Series at Jane Be Nimble Fond memories occupy a large compartment of my mind. When I was a kid, I sometimes had the fortune to chill on the front porch of our farmhouse. If I spotted an uncle or neighbor—I’d invite him or her to pull up a wicker…