Last week I heard these three words said for the first time – pray for willingness. I had been loosely paying attention to the person speaking, but this grabbed me. At risk of looking...

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,  My great grandmother was Canadian. Her sister, my great, great Aunt Helen Davis built our original cottage up in Pointe au Baril, Ontario in 1902. Their brother, Uncle Hamilton Davis,...

I wrote this some time ago, and more will follow, but in the meantime I have to get something down to meet my commitment of blogging once a day for this month. I watched...

I often talk about the difference between 211˚ and 212˚. Only 1 degree separates them, but everything changes between the two. At 211, water is calm, flat, reserved. It could be 85, 120, or...

I spoke to a good friend earlier tonight. She wanted to tell me how happy she is that I’m doing so well. I kind of laughed and protested. “I’m not doing well at all,”...

Maggie and I are engrossed in Season 8 of Homeland. She nixes me about 3 of 4 nights when I ask to watch an episode, but I’m slowly getting my way (I would binge...

Day 8 and I had so much to say today, but nothing to say now that I’m sitting down to write. It’s really hard to stare at a blank screen and say anything that...

Today is Labor Day. Happy Labor Day. One of the blog posts I read this morning was entitled “Honoring Labor” and it’s short so I’ll paste it here: The author rightly points out how...

Since moving from Boston to our current home in Vermont six years ago, we’ve enjoyed a pretty massive back yard. It should be a field… it’s 2-3 acres of lawn, and then about 1.5...