Good Morning, God! Whooosh! Yesterday MUST have been more stressful than I realized as my faithful back had painful twinges all day long. I don’t blame my back at all — because meeting with the 20-person library committee to go…
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Looking Back — Looking Forward — Looking Inward
Good Morning, God! I spent yesterday tidying up for Arcadia. Slowing listing what I do and how else it can be done. Actually, now that I am starting retirement I am wondering WHY didn’t I do this earlier? But, I…
Hermit Crabs and Me
Good Morning, God! Wheeeee! It is official! I AM RETIRING, retiring AGAIN! I was originally thinking — I’d do it on 2/2012 after 15 years on the job as a Library Consultant. But, it is looking like I’ll be “done”…
Space shuttles, Politicians and the Future
Good Morning, God! I was VERY surprised to learn that all Chinese journalist were barred from attending the launch of our space shuttle last week. Had I missed some major new event? Was China no longer a “friend?” It turned…
BEING Back Home
Good Morning, God! I’m HOME! This morning I went for a jog off to the post office — two miles, or so, of being BACK in Hawaii. First the pink ginger — before I even got out to the street.…
Holy Places and Separate Spaces
Good Morning, God! I’m up EARLY and have Centered and decided I would take a few more minutes — staying conscious of Your Presence — before going back to bed. At my Silent Retreat in the Benedictine Retreat Center at…
The Prairie Dog and Me
Good Morning, God! I’m VERY THANKFUL for my 10-day silent retreat. Not totally silent, to be sure — but silence removed the obligation to talk to my fellow retreatants — so, even at dinner, when conversation was allowed, it was…
Out of the Monastic Corridors and back into MY life
Good Morning, God! I am MOSTLY home. But, part of me still yearns for the simplicity of life in the Retreat Center. Three hours of sitting in Centering Prayer a day. Sitting intentionally in Your Presence — saying YES to…
A Moment with God 