Russellings of the Spirit

significance

  • Notice me! Notice me!

    Saw this car parked outside the grocery store the other day. I see a lot of cars like this in Colorado. Doubtless you also have seen this one or its twin at a grocery store, Home Depot, cinema, fitness center,… Continue reading

  • The Lesson of the Black Shoe

    Check this out… I saw this lonely shoe the other day as I was on my way to the gym. Something compelled me to circle back around the block and take its picture. There it was… just sitting there. All… Continue reading

  • Did You Miss Me?

    As the kids say, “It’s been a minute.” In my case, it’s been a minute (or two) since I last sat and did any kind of communicating via this blog.  Actually, I am pretty certain you didn’t miss me. But I REALLY missed… Continue reading

  • Showing Off

    I approach exercising much the same way I approach brushing my teeth. Grudgingly. Unexcitedly. Yet gloomily resigned to the fact that horrible consequences will likely follow if I don’t suck it up and JUST DO IT, as Phil Knight constantly… Continue reading

  • Beloved Blades

    A couple of days ago, I wrote about the annoying frequency with which the words, “I’m sorry” have been featured in my daily vocabulary. I mean, there I am, navigating my day with a measure of ease and panache (in… Continue reading

  • Your Real Name

    As Juliet once famously asked, looking heavenward from her balcony, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet…” Juliet’s ambivalence on the topic of names is understandable; if her lover Romeo… Continue reading

  • Beware the sinister sort!

    I apologize if this question is too personal, but I am going to forge ahead and ask it anyway: how is your memory? I ask because I find that mine is betraying me more these days than it ever has.… Continue reading

  • Am I Essential?

    On March 25, the governor of Colorado issued an official, legally binding, mandatory, “Stay at Home” order to try and help stop the spread of the COVID-19 disease that is now ravaging the country. As retired persons, this order did… Continue reading

  • Does it really matter?

    We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you this breaking news: Joan and I attended church yesterday. But not just any church. We attended a (wait for it…) LUTHERAN CHURCH! And after the service, we turned our heads, looked… Continue reading

  • S is for Significance

    (This post is the third in a series. Recently, my mentor/counselor/friend suggested I create an acrostic from the letters of my name as a way of claiming my God-given identity.) JOAN: (my spouse of 18 years and winner of the… Continue reading