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A New Day: My To Do List and God’s

Good Morning, God! A NEW DAY! Hurrah! Of course,there are THINGS STILL UNDONE piled on my desk. Gosh, things I “thought” I had done are popping up. Ah yes. A new day. But, today Suzanne arrives and I rejoice! Thank…

Posted in acknowledging another's existence, background / foreground questions, Hearing, listening, seeing

Stress, Naps and Our Bodies

Good Morning, God! It has been NAP TIME the last two days. A two hour nap after the marathon and just a one hour nap yesterday. Today? Another nap, I hope. I have to smile at myself, God. I guess…

Posted in Borrowing from the Body's Bank, Hearing, hugs, lying fallow, Perspective, Stress

Back on the Wagon, AGAIN!

Good Morning, God! And Thank You! I am now officially BACK ON THE WAGON — off of sugar and grains and stuff that turns instantly into sugar. I must say watching Dr. Johnson’s video on Dr. Mercola was DISTRESSING! It…

Posted in Humility or Needing Help!, living within limits, loving limits, self care as self compassion and humility, Temptation, thankfulness

Off to see Kit

Good Morning, God! Wheee. . . A STRESSFUL TIME! Kit and I agreed that we would let the doctor make the call on whether Kit ran this year’s Honolulu Marathon or not. Because of a staph infection on his left…

Posted in connections, LOVE, Prayer, Trusting God

Outsourcing our Worries — Prayer?

Good Morning, God! I don’t think I’ll read this book, God, but I really enjoyed the article about Sian Beilock’s research in Discover Magazine. Choke isn’t about failing to do our best — Choke is about falling into the abyss…

Posted in choices, Prayer, respect, Worries

Christmas is Coming — Joy is Here

Good Morning, God! The rain held off last night and we had a lovely “family dinner” up at the OCC. It was really a Stanford Club function, but we — plus Kit’s brother, RC, and Larie and Martha Lee —…

Posted in connections, Conversations, family visits, gratitude, thankfulness

Seasons of Snow and Expectations of CHANGE

Good Morning, God! Here is lovely Ireland — almost totally covered in snow. I suspect they feel like Seattle feels when a rare snow fall hits. I’m sure that there are some folks saying. “SEE! Where is the Global Warming?”…

Posted in background / foreground questions, Balancing and adjustments, climate changes, our small blue dot, thankfulness

Other Vantage Points — and Processing

Good Morning, God! It’s fun to see things from different vantage points. Looking at this photo I can see where we live and I can see where my Mom lives. This photo is from a site called the Gateway to…

Posted in A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, accepting my need for help, processing on deeper levels, Vantage Points

Praying Together — A Call

A call to pray together in small groups.

Posted in connecting, connections, intentional and invited sacred space, JOY, Prayer

No sooner asked for, than “HARD” arrived

Good Morning, God! It was JUST yesterday that I was asking for Your Help, God, in the HARD WORK of learning. And then this very morning I find myself “learning” the new iLife computer program in order to transfer a…

Posted in growing toward up, humility, learning, Life isn't supposed to be easy.

Blogs I Follow
Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching

Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching