SILLY LOVE SONGS
Today is the ten-year anniversary of my Mom’s sudden passing. I’m feeling blue, tired before I even begin. The day she died, Friday the 13th, I was preparing for my weekly Saturday night service, which that year was going to…
Today is the ten-year anniversary of my Mom’s sudden passing. I’m feeling blue, tired before I even begin. The day she died, Friday the 13th, I was preparing for my weekly Saturday night service, which that year was going to…
“This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.” — David Lynch Last week, a friend of mine said that she was trying to go about her usual daily business and found that she was just feeling weird,…
I know I’ve told you that I walk shelter dogs twice a month at Animal Humane New Mexico. I’ve been doing it since last fall, and I love it. They have a nice campus with meandering paths and sniffable shrubs,…
Travis and I seriously needed something soothing and pretty to watch before bed this week, so we started a nature show — The Secret Lives of Animals, narrated by Hugh Bonneville, on Apple TV. I was scrolling through our queues,…
“The time is always right to do what is right.”- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Monday, January 20, 2025,…
“For well you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder.”Lennon/McCartney This line from the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” makes me misty every time, especially when I sing it out loud. I cry,…
“Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon’s verge.”~ Lord Byron Life is always on the brink, always becoming, forever tumbling into everything next. Of course, this isn’t any more true at the…
A friend sent me a quote this week: “You’ve been strong all year, so don’t finish strong, finish rested.” It’s a kind wish. But also a little challenging, confronting. Because I recognize that, if given the options of finishing strong…
With three cats, we do a lot of lint-rolling. Often, it takes each of us several sheets before we can leave the house. Even then, bright sunshine usually reveals still more cat hair. It’s ridiculous, especially in corduroy and sweater…
I’ve been vibing with the Prayer of St. Francis these past couple of weeks. I don’t like feeling knocked-down and kicked-about by circumstance, so rarely do I linger there long. I am trying to direct my emotional energy, as much…