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Seeing HOW it could be done — gets it done

Posted on August 17, 2026 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

Good Evening, God Me again. I asked myself a few weeks ago — what would it take to go back to a daily blog? EASY, said I. If I was sure no one would read them I could churn them…

Tagged with: caring for creatures great and small, Flowers, Nature, orchids, plants
Posted in appreciation, Attention, Imagination, responding to "nudges", seeing

A Burst of Color — and Bursts of Reality

Posted on August 9, 2026 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Day, God, July 24th I was backing my car out of the carport and SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES!!! What WAS that behind me? It was a pair of Texas Sage bushes that had BLOSSOMED over night. A day or…

On SEEING — large and small — near and far

Posted on August 22, 2025 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Morning, God These few leaves — lit by the early morning sun — caught my eye. So small. Insignificant. But beautiful. Then just a day later, I was out on my front patio at 4:00 a.m. searching the night…

Tagged with: astronomy, Nature, photography, Vera Rubin Observatory
Posted in beauty, connecting, mental maps, Perspective, perspectives, Planets, seeing, taking time to focus, time

A Stream in the Desert — Streams in our Heart

Posted on July 12, 2025 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Energy waxes and wanes nowadays. But this Sunday I set off to see the sunrise and kept on walking all the way down to the bottom of our Hidden Valley area. And there is the Wes Miller Park. This has…

The JOY of Serendipity

Posted on June 27, 2021 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Day, God! I love stumbling across an unknown time and place! And that happened this afternoon — when I intended to organize my office — but opened the current issue (July/August 2021) of Archaeology instead. The place was all…

Pay Attention, Be Astounded, Tell About It

Posted on June 25, 2021 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God This title is Mary Oliver’s lessons for living. I resonate with these word! Each one of these acts brings me joy! Just look at these colorful blossoms! There they were on this small young shower tree as…

Noticing . . . and appreciating

Posted on August 3, 2020 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God My wonderful husband Kit and I were out for our morning walk when my eye was caught by this shower tree blossom. I was delighted! And then it hit me! It was delighted to be noticed! …

Tagged with: noticing
Posted in appreciation, Choosing to respond, connecting, respect, Responding, seeing, stopping to see, The gift to SEE others

Suddenly Seeing — What’s Been There

Posted on July 24, 2020 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God This is a close-up of Pink Tacoma blossoms. I’ve seen and enjoyed them for years. But, earlier this week I saw these trees on the eastern side of our valley. I saw them for the first time!…

Posted in awareness, beauty, Choosing to respond, Compassion, connecting, Curiosity, delight, learning, seeing

Owning my Resentments

Posted on September 7, 2018 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! In the past I have referred to Resentments as Rocks. They were big, like rocks and seemingly unmovable. They were large big negative lumps in my past. Now, all this is changing! The other morning my wonderful…

Posted in connecting, Discernment, freedom, Personal Power, Rocks of Resentment, seeing, The Power of Naming

The Joys of Traveling

Posted on April 30, 2014 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

It puts me in mind of one of my favorite quotes (by Paul Watslawick) that the Primary Purpose of communication is to Confirm our Existence as Human Beings. It doesn’t take much — a nod, a smle, a glance, even. I think of that quote as an extension of Your Command, God, to “Love our Neighbor as we love Ourselves.”