It happened once last week while I was scouring local greenhouses, looking for a particular heirloom tomato plant. I am a huge fan of a variety known as . . .
Community • Hope • Joy • Opportunity • Uncategorized
April 23, 2022
“You’re amazing!” Those were the exact words spoken to me.
Community • Health • Quakers • Simplicity • Spirituality • Uncategorized
April 2, 2022
The open garage door in Indiana marks an evolutionary development in Hoosier house design. I wasn’t exactly sure of the purpose when I first noticed the practice. . . .
Bad Quakers • Hope • Lament • Quakers • Simplicity • Uncategorized
February 5, 2022
We live in tumultuous if not perilous times. So many folks say so, it must be true. Most days I take this in stride but the time for action may have come.
Community • Quakers • Spirituality
January 22, 2022
In my youth, days at the pool were spent turning summersaults and doing cannon balls off the diving board, seeing how long we could hold our breath at the bottom of the pool, and engaging in general horse play.
January 1, 2022
Movies like The Wizard of Oz, and Twister could have influenced this change, but I think it is more a matter of recent experience.
Peace • Spirituality • Uncategorized
September 4, 2021
Someone else’s nail winds up in your tire and before you can say “psssst” the road of life gifts you with a flat. It rarely . . .
Community • Joy • Quakers • Spirituality • Travel • Uncategorized
July 24, 2021
We may have been more like Tom Sawyer than Lewis and Clark as we made our way to the river, . . .
Integrity • Quakers • Spirituality • Uncategorized
July 3, 2021
Ever have days when you feel like the class dunce? I do. Those occasions are slightly more embarrassing when they occur in public places where . . . .
Lament • Language • Opportunity • Quakers • Uncategorized
June 5, 2021
“For crying out loud!” I heard myself muttering these words after the two-cycle engine of my small garden tiller refused to crank. I know . . .