Trying New Things

The observant person finds many teachers. James Clear Not all my people were willing to introduce their palates to beets.The most celebrated among us, my Grandmother Margaret, would cast a …

Ring Around the Rosemary Pecans

Witness by Alicia Fitts God drops the blessings at our feet and all we have to do is pick them up. Monique Cooper The complexity of curating ingredients for a …

Jean for President

What does it mean that success is as dangerous as failure?Whether you go up the ladder or down it, your position is shaky.When you stand with your two feet on …

To Her Sixties and Beyond

Imagination, life is your creation. Barbie Girl by Aqua With the upgraded tools of today, it is not a stretch for legions of souls now living in the United States …

Free For Nothing Classes in Truth

The world depends on so many different species, each a nutty experiment. The Overstory by Richard Powers I’ll call it a hobby, even an avocation. Otherwise I’m not sure how …

Mulch or Pine Straw?

He say I know you, you know meOne thing I can tell you is you got to be freeCome together, right now, over me Paul McCartney & John Lennon Mulch …

The Ant Band Reunion

Send in the clowns / Don’t bother they’re here Stephen Sondheim Every April 23 and 24th ish, D and I honor the memory of my parents’ births with sanctuary flowers …

On Guard?

The more we presume the ego’s sovereignty, the more we breed monsters. Dr. James Hollis My granddaughter Pepper diagnosed the situation. She weighed in to her mother: “Gal is doing …

A Resolve to Read (about the other)

Astonishing….. I like reading things about a culture or types of people that are not my human experience….we do have these different experiences, but as I like to say, we …

Souvenirs of Soul

If objects have the power to connect me to people who are no longer here, then maybe they really do possess a kind of magic. And if they are magic, …