Good Morning, God! Yesterday, after a trip to the Farmers’ Market I stopped at Whole Foods. They had lots of local produce — which was great. But, the prices were significantly higher. I can’t imagine anyone who uses food stamps…
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Too Many Cattle Egrets?
Good Morning, God! I remember the first time I saw cattle egrets. It was back in the 1980s and I saw two or three of them in the watercress patch below the Pearlridge Shopping Center. I thought they were beautiful.…
Tagged with: a moment with God, cattle egrets in Honolulu, too many cattle egrets
Posted in complexity, interspecies contact, web of life
Posted in complexity, interspecies contact, web of life
Djokovic: The Gluten-Free Poster Boy!
Good Morning, God! Our daughter, Suzanne, loves tennis and as Kit played on Punahou’s tennis team — she likes to “talk tennis” with him during major tournaments like the U.S. Open. That’s how it happened that I actually watched Novak Djokovic…
Reflections on Retirement
Good Morning, God! Decompression (from my second retirement) is happening rather slowly — but it IS happening. My week seems a bit more free. My time is more my own. And, I have more time to share with others — yesterday…
Understanding Mom’s Cat — Hearing What Is Not Said
Good Morning, God! I have finally discovered that Queen Katrina, Mom’s Cat, loves to be scratched sort of roughly. I grew up with cats that loved to be petted gently — not handled “roughly,” so it took me a while…
Tagged with: cats, communication, hearing, Hearing what is not said, understanding
Posted in Communication, Hearing, interspecies contact, small mysteries, so much to learn
Posted in Communication, Hearing, interspecies contact, small mysteries, so much to learn
Moon Rise on 9/11 — Anniversaries and Remembering
Good Morning, God! Last night the moon was full and we went with friends from out of towm to The Shack on Koko Marina. It has long been one of my favorite views. And, somehow, the almost Black and White…
Tagged with: anniversaries, cellular memory, Full Moon and 9/11, grief, remembering, traumas
Posted in time, Transitions
Posted in time, Transitions
A Window into Our Valley and Our Thoughts
Good Morning, God! I do love seeing familiar things from new perspectives. Amazingly, I was at 24 Hour Fitness the other day — yes, exercising — when I looked out the window and saw Our Valley. The angles were such…
Tagged with: different perspectives, Hearing what is not said, reflections and reflecting, the limitations of words
Posted in Communication, Hearing, living within limits, seeing
Posted in Communication, Hearing, living within limits, seeing
Work Hardened — in Metal and Men
Good Morning, God! You caught me by surprise, yesterday. I had no idea I You were going to point out my “Gollum” potential. Sigh. But now, God, back to “my” topic about the jewelry class. The instructor explained that when…
Tagged with: crystalline structures and rigidity, God's healing Love, the annealing of the Heart, work-hardened
Posted in accepting my need for help, Hearts, LOVE, Work
Posted in accepting my need for help, Hearts, LOVE, Work
A Hand-Made Ring and the Unexpected Gollum in me
Good Morning, God! I loved my first jewelry class, God! LOVED IT! The instructor is super and this ring is his design. We all made one. Well, actually, I made two. That’s because I messed up following directions and I…
Tagged with: Gollum, hammer marks, irregularities, my precious ring, polished, the creator and the created
Posted in Creating, LOVE
Posted in Creating, LOVE
A Moment with God 