Good Evening, God I have been slow to understand . . . slow to see. But first let’s start with One Fact: over 50% of the world’s wealth is controlled by ONE PERCENT of the world population. Then, when you…
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The Power of One
Good Evening, God! I’ve been thinking of just what I can do to lower my contributions to Global Warming. My wonderful husband Kit challenged me to Make a List! Then as I was centering the other night — a Brand…
Designed to Bloom
Good Day, God! I just reread Jimmy Carter’s essay on why he left the Souther Baptist Church over its theological position on the inequality of women. Wow, God! I am still totally amazed at how much evil is done in Your Name! Mostly,…
A HUGE LOVE GIFT from my wonderful husband
My wonderful husband Kit gave me a HUGE Love Gift this morning when he agreed not to finish the Honolulu Marathon. I met him at mile 16 — right by our home
Tagged with: Learning, love gifts, marathons, overload, Slow, stopping
Posted in living within limits, LOVE, Marathons, relationships, so much to learn, Stress, tenacity, The difficulty of changing
Posted in living within limits, LOVE, Marathons, relationships, so much to learn, Stress, tenacity, The difficulty of changing
Surviving — Even Delighting — in Change
So, I wrote my mom a story about it called Here Be Dragons, which started by noting that we all have mental maps. I ended by offering assurances that we can continue to build mental maps as we age — it just takes longer
Tagged with: Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales, mental maps, rebuilding mental maps, survival
Posted in Changing, Choosing to respond, learning, so much to learn, The difficulty of changing
Posted in Changing, Choosing to respond, learning, so much to learn, The difficulty of changing
A Full Day, and a Monk Seal, too!
I just read yesterday that people with good social support networks have a longevity edge. I would think being gregarious would give a species a survival edge as well.
Tagged with: a survival edge, knowing and doing gaps, monk seal
Posted in learning, so much to learn, The difficulty of changing, Uncategorized
Posted in learning, so much to learn, The difficulty of changing, Uncategorized
The Stiff-Upper-Lip App
“Every Family should have a Suzanne.” Even better, every family should know how to make use of a Suzanne.
Home, Glorious HOME!
While at the end of the day my mind and heart are FULL. Well, full is too kind. Jumbled! That is a more accurate word.
Making our way back to non-industrial food
Good Morning, God! Sometimes, God, I feel like this cat as I try to get us back into non-industrial food. Tradition used to set our tables. Mothers used to make sure their children ate their “greens.” Not just vegetables but…
Tagged with: eat your greens, experts and studies, frankenfoods, traditional food, what to eat
Posted in choices, food questions, The difficulty of changing, traditional food patterns
Posted in choices, food questions, The difficulty of changing, traditional food patterns
A Love Gift to Kit — and Me Too!
Good Morning, God! Here we are, God, after running 3.1 miles. Kit, of course is fresh. I could hardly speak after a fast finish. Connie Comiso, the race organizer was standing 20 yards from the finish yelling at me, ‘You…
