Into This Darkness

Into This 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...
Magic In The Starting

Magic In The Starting

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. — Goethe It didn’t matter that I had sealed the seams.  Or that we had a tub floor.  Or that I had put a tarp over the site.  Water was everywhere. The...
A Terrible Thief

A Terrible Thief

There’s no way you can justify it. Yet you indulge it in nearly every minute of every day. Distraction. Distraction is a thief and a killer. It robs you of your focus, your attention, and your precious time. It robs you of the capacity to read, write, and...
Avoiding Whack A Mole

Avoiding Whack A Mole

Ok people, it’s done. Summer’s over. Labor Day is so last weekend. The vacation’s behind you. No more lazy lunches. No more casual Fridays. It’s time to put away the Dockers… and the swimmies. It’s time to get back to it. Fall is here. Time to get busy; time to...
Enoughness

Enoughness

When is enough? And where? We’d been trapped for 4 days. On a tiny snow-covered ledge. At nearly 21,000’. Blowing, drifting snow. Hurricane-force winds. Temps well below zero. We were out of food and fuel. Morale was low. Actually morale was gone. At dawn on the 5th...