Tonight, I got mildly ticked off – several times – little irritating, unwanted interferences in my plans for how the evening "should have been" …"stupid" drivers, road closures, not speaking up for myself (it was a little thing – asking for change), etc. I know from experience that the loss of my peace of mind... Learn More

*****     *****     ******     *****   ******    *****    *******     ******     ******     ******     *******     ****** Dear Lord, So far today, God, I’ve done all right. I haven’t gossiped,haven’t lost my temper, haven’t been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish,or over-indulgent. I’m really glad about that. But in a fewminutes, God,... Learn More

Today was a ‘good hair’ day, until someone unjustly accused me of something I didn’t do. GRRRRRRRR In the old days, if I had gone to ‘war’ about it, I would have met their fire with More Fire, or I would have been like a glacier, imagining them crumbling into little pieces as I slowly... Learn More

A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present  "Seven Wonders of the World." Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes: 1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids 2. Taj Mahal 3. Grand Canyon 4. Panama Canal 5. Empire State Building 6. St. Peter’s Basilica 7. China’s Great Wall... Learn More

People who know me, know that I Love whitewater rafting. I have rafted 11 rivers, 9 in the US and 2 in Africa. That’s all whitewater rafting. When Anne Brown and I went to New Zealand many years ago, we heard about blackwater rafting. Very Intriguing. So we drove (on the left side of the... Learn More

This afternoon, I remembered a "Truth" that rolled out of my heart when processing an incident from some time ago, in which I felt trapped, as if I had to do something I didn’t want to do, or be something I am not. I don’t remember the specifics of that particular time, but I do... Learn More