Good Morning, God! Thank YOU! Birthdays can be tricky. Parent / Adult Child relationships can be tricky. In fact, sometimes LIFE seems designed to be tricky. But in spite of all the many chances of a misstep — we had…
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Down into the City and into the Disney Hall
Good Morning, God! Ah, we are down out of the mountains and into the CITY! LA is a megalopolis of a city — although it has always seemed to me more a collection of neighborhoods or suburbs — not a…
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Words about Wonder from the Poet Denise Levertov
Good Morning, God! Denise Levertov said it so well, God, in her poem Primary Wonder: “Days pass when I forget the mystery. Problems insoluble and problems offering their own ignored solutions jostle for my attention, they crowd its antechamber along…
A matter of Perspective
Good Morning, God! I’m on stage 10 of my 11 stage trip and THANKFUL! Thankful for each separate stage — thankful for the family and friends I’ve been blessed with — thankful for the beauty of the World around me.…
Some thoughts on being Half Way UP
Good Morning, God! Part way up the General Grant tree is a puzzle. And there are no rangers around to ask. The small straight “tree” shown coming out of the left side here in this photo — is it a…
Looking UP — what about GROWING toward UP?
Good Morning, God! Last night I learned that around 70% of the sequoia trees were logged — cut down — and the wood wasn’t even that useful. I suppose, God, I ought to be thankful we created the National Parks…
The General Sherman Tree and Me
Good Morning, God! I am so grateful to be RESTING! Really resting — with no places to go and people to see. Of course, God, we HAVE gone places and we HAVE met people — people like our waiter, Julia…
We have an “Adventure”
Good Morning, God! Late yesterday afternoon I said to Kit, “We are having an Adventure.” And we were. The Adventure started when the signs as we entered Sequoia said we would have to “pay” in 3 miles. We never did…
More thoughts on the Sugar Snake
Good Morning, God! This idea of EXTERNALIZING a troublesome aspect of yourself — which I had somehow just lumped into Projection — is turning out to have a helpful aspect. At least, it seems to me, God, that since I…
Factors in Longevity — Obesity, Education and the Growth Mindset
Good Morning, God! Yesterday morning, I heard Professor Laura Carstensen say that educational level was the best predictor of longevity. My response was that I didn’t think it was so much the “information” gained as it was the self-discipline it…
A Moment with God 