December 2 , 2022 /

DAY TWO – SOLITUDE

Alone. By myself. Quiet.  These are favorable conditions for exploring the interior life.  No distractions, no diversions, no noise and no interruptions. Silence is a welcome change from the ordinary, everyday business of living and working, of being in a family or a community and extracting myself for these brief moments of looking and listening

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December 1 , 2022 /

A BOLD EXPERIMENT

I have been posting a blog approximately every week and have been doing that many years.  Starting today, December 1, 2022,  I am going to try and post a blog every day with the theme “A Month’s Journey Inside.”  I may or may not be successful but I believe it’s worth giving it a good

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November 21 , 2022 /

THANKSGIVING TO THANKSLIVING

Making a transition from giving thanks to living thanks is a short walk across the bridge.  On one side is where we give thanks, say thanks, and show gratitude for that which has been given to us whether material gifts that can be seen and felt, or friendships and love, which we cannot hold in

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November 9 , 2022 /

NOW WHAT

Years ago a friend of mine had a small sailboat on Martha’s Vineyard, a 19’ O’Day Mariner and I had the benefit and pleasure of sailing it from the mooring in Edgartown Harbor all around the harbor and beyond when the sea was calm. One day a storm filled the boat with water and it

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November 1 , 2022 /

ONE WEEK

One week from today, November 8, 2022, the results of a mid-term election are likely to say what direction the United States is heading in the near future.  One week from today, this day being November 1.  Seven days. Reports suggest a significant increase in early voting and we won’t really know what that means

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October 26 , 2022 /

WHERE IS YOUR MIDDLE?

There are many kinds of middles as well as middling.  We often think of middle as that which is in between one end and the other.  We have the middle child, we are almost at the mid-term elections, halfway through the four-year term of a President and a mid-life crisis happens somewhere between ages 40

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