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  • Connect and Thrive!

    It was tough. For all of us. Everyone knew – including dad – that the day had finally come for the family to ask him to surrender his car keys.  His driving had become more and more erratic over the… Continue reading

  • His Master’s Voice

    There is a cartoon from New Yorker magazine that has been making the rounds on the interwebs lately. This cartoon shows two people – a man and a woman – walking along a city sidewalk, deep in conversation. The woman turns to… Continue reading

  • Test Time!

    What kind of a test-taker are you? As I look back on my own academic career, I am forced to confess to confess the cold, hard truth: tests were a struggle for me. When it came time to put away… Continue reading

  • Test Time!

    What kind of a test-taker are you? As I look back on my own academic career, I am forced to confess to confess the cold, hard truth: tests were a struggle for me. When it came time to put away… Continue reading

  • The Eternal NOW

    Devoting too much of my mind to an imagined future leads to anxiety or anger or both. Devoting too much of my mind to a bygone past leads to resentment or arrogance or both.  My challenge today is to learn… Continue reading

  • The Work of Restoration

    [WARNING! The following is a heavily political post… infused, ideally, with sprinklings of Spirit at some point along the way. Proceed at your own risk.] I saw the handwriting on the wall long before going to bed Tuesday night. The reporting carried… Continue reading

  • All Manner of Beauty

    Tucked away up in the far, far northwest corner of the state of Montana, Glacier National Park is a dazzling jewel. With its rugged, snow-capped mountains, jade green glacier-fed lakes and its bulging encyclopedia of wildlife, this park stands alone… Continue reading

  • A Question of Focus

    A QUESTION OF FOCUS If I was a doctor, I would want me as a patient. No. Not because of the bountiful income stream I’d provide. Rather because I am very compliant kind of person. If you tell me to… Continue reading

  • Loving Grey Civic Guy

    There was barely enough space between me and the Subaru Outback station wagon just in front of me. But apparently the guy driving the grey Honda Civic there on my left interpreted the phrase “barely enough space” a bit differently… Continue reading

  • Panning for Gold

    Here we are, in the thick of one of the most interesting – not to mention consequential – presidential election campaigns in this country’s history! The stakes are incredibly high. The campaign budgets for each candidate are even higher. And… Continue reading