“Every Family should have a Suzanne.” Even better, every family should know how to make use of a Suzanne.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Clothing and the Common Arts
There is something quite satisfying in the process of selecting and combining what we wear. It is not Fine Art. But, it is Art nevertheless. Art in its most accessible form.
Tagged with: Balance, Excess and Restraint, Shopping, The Art of Self Adornment, The Common Arts
Posted in Art, choices, daughters, decision making, family visits
Posted in Art, choices, daughters, decision making, family visits
Adrian Saxe at the End of the Day in LA
And I admire it tremendously, all the while viewing my life as “muddling through” not path forging.
Tagged with: a sense of self, Adrian Saxe, ceramics, path forging
Posted in Adventures, appreciation, Art, Creating
Posted in Adventures, appreciation, Art, Creating
Daughters and Dahlias and Days in LA
From out of my Childhood as an Episcopalian comes the verse “Those to whom much is given, from them much is required.”
Tagged with: Daughters, responsibility, Sobering Thoughts, The One Percent
Posted in complexity, daughters, responsibility
Posted in complexity, daughters, responsibility
The Voice of the Poor and our Hoping Machine
I know that I need to listen to the prophetic voices who caution us to care deeply about our fellow humans.
Tagged with: hope, our Dreamer, our Hoping Machine, prophetic voices, Woody Guthrie
Posted in Possibilities, Prophetic Voices, The poor and underemployed, Work
Posted in Possibilities, Prophetic Voices, The poor and underemployed, Work
Circles of Friends
After all, what could be better for our physical and emotional health than investing in friends!
Tagged with: Circles of Friends, investing in friends, Long Time Friends
Posted in connections, friends, health, interactions
Posted in connections, friends, health, interactions
Happy Mother’s Day!
We humans are clumsy creatures and we often drop and bobble the hearts entrusted to us. I have done that far too many times.
Tagged with: an accessible side to God, God as Mother, Love, Mother's Day, vulnerability
Posted in Abundant Life, Families, LOVE, Mothers and Fathers
Posted in Abundant Life, Families, LOVE, Mothers and Fathers
Walking around my Block — Content
Strange that Contentment has not featured in my List of Virtues.
Tagged with: a Background of Contentment, Contentment with what is, seeing the ordinary things of life
Posted in appreciation, beauty, Forgiving, Uncategorized
Posted in appreciation, beauty, Forgiving, Uncategorized
On Being Back
I cannot stop Time. I cannot fix all the ills of the world, or of my family or of myself .
Tagged with: being human, not being superhuman, opening to pain
Posted in Failing, Sorrows of the Deep, time, Transitions
Posted in Failing, Sorrows of the Deep, time, Transitions
foie gras, fatty livers, failure and me
There is nothing more sobering — and useful –than failure!
Tagged with: Cruising the Seine, foie gras, force-feeding, over-eating, Paris to Normandy
Posted in asking for help for myself, Failing, food questions, Perspective, responsibility
Posted in asking for help for myself, Failing, food questions, Perspective, responsibility
A Moment with God 