Slow The Roll

Slow The Roll

It’s the first week of December. The air is sharper. The light is thinner. Nature knows what to do this time of year. It slows down. Many animals hibernate. Many plants go dormant. Even the forests quiet themselves and rest under rising drifts of snow. And we humans,...
Pathway to Possibility

Pathway to Possibility

It has been a challenging year. No one needs to tell you that. The headlines have been heavy. The markets unpredictable. The culture loud and anxious. Conflicts around the world have shaken the ground under our feet. Many people are carrying more worry than they care...
Planting For The Future

Planting For The Future

I’d been putting off the task. As I do. But the nights had been pretty cold for the last few weeks; and now, snow was in the forecast. So it needed to be done. Now or never. Planting the daffodil bulbs. The light was low that day. The sky a steel grey. And a...
Hello Darkness

Hello Darkness

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build...
What Will Your Costume Be?

What Will Your Costume Be?

What are you gonna be for Halloween? Who are you going to dress up as? Masks and costumes. Parties and planning. Fervor, festivities, and fever pitch. Bigger than Christmas it seems. What is it about Halloween that so excites, that so sparks the imagination?...