December 7 , 2023 /

ADVENT 2023

ARRIVING Advent is two-thirds of adventure, the other third being the suffix ure. an abstract-noun suffix of action, and result, occurring in words from French and Latin: pressure; legislature.  In the world of medicine, we have procedures, and established ways of doing something.   My life has been a big adventure and a series of

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November 6 , 2023 /

WALKING THE PATH OF GRIEF

I am pleased to introduce my guest, Hazel Bridges, who has written a wonderfully helpful piece for those dealing with grief or who may be facing that inevitability in the near or distant future.  Please feel free to offer comments for Hazel and I will be sure she sees them and can respond.  Thanks!  

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October 28 , 2023 /

COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF STRESS

In what many are calling “harrowing times” where do you go and what do you do to find comfort, a measure of solace and peace?   It has been a stressful week for people who care.   It could be a personal issue such as a serious illness or death of a loved one, a national

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September 12 , 2023 /

EXISTENCE, AWARENESS AND BLISS

“I have heard it said that… at the intersection of existence, awareness, and bliss, all divisions will disappear… I look forward to that state.”      Kumud Ajmani, a good friend and moderator of a Sunday morning group called Spirit Chat for the past 12 years, offered that up to the group last Sunday. It is

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September 2 , 2023 /

PLAY DAY WEEKEND

This weekend the U,S, is celebrating Labor Day, which began on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 in New York City in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union.  It became a national holiday in 1884 under President Grover Cleveland recognizing the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers in the development

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June 20 , 2023 /

SUMMER SOLSTICE 2023

(Spoiler alert:  This post is compiled from previous, similar ones written for this celebration)   Wednesday, June 21, marks this annual event known as Solstice, Summer in the northern hemisphere, Winter in the southern hemisphere.  Literally, it’s the moment when the “sun stands still” before it starts back in the other direction and for those

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